{"id":22938,"date":"2026-01-27T06:42:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T04:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/israel-retrieves-remains-of-the-last-remaining-hostage-held-in-gaza\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:33:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:33:50","slug":"israel-retrieves-remains-of-the-last-remaining-hostage-held-in-gaza","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/israel-retrieves-remains-of-the-last-remaining-hostage-held-in-gaza\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel retrieves remains of the last remaining hostage held in Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"uSg02\">\n<div class=\"DrnCK\">\n<div class=\"HwXOf\">\n<div class=\"kcAOr t9ThB\" data-testid=\"RecipientWell\">\n<div data-tabster=\"{&quot;mover&quot;:{&quot;cyclic&quot;:false,&quot;direction&quot;:2,&quot;memorizeCurrent&quot;:false}}\">\n<div id=\"MSG_wAEEFIvLgAA_TO\" class=\"___sj378o0 fly5x3f f1l02sjl f113hnb5\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\">\n<div id=\"14\" class=\"EditorClass ___ok1c3p0 ftgm304 fr7e4de f1ids18y f1ohdurq f1fa7rqs f1ee13vk fkhj508 f1hu3pq6 f11qmguv fly5x3f f1g0x7ka fhxju0i f1qch9an f1cnd47f f19f4twv f1tyq0we fz5stix g7toD\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" aria-multiline=\"true\" aria-readonly=\"true\" aria-label=\"To: Sithakazelo Dlamini\">The remains of police officer Ran Gvili have been identified and will be returned for burial.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-test-id=\"mailMessageBodyContainer\">\n<div class=\"XbIp4 jmmB7 customScrollBar GNqVo allowTextSelection\">\n<div id=\"UniqueMessageBody_8\" class=\"OuGoX BIZfh\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"document\" aria-label=\"Message body\" data-fui-focus-visible=\"\">\n<div class=\"rps_8020\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The military announced Gvili\u2019s remains had been held in Gaza since he was killed during Hamas\u2019 attack on October 7, 2023, when the Palestinian militant group led an attack on southern Israeli communities, triggering a two-year Israeli offensive.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Israel has said it would reopen Gaza\u2019s Rafah border crossing with Egypt, the enclave\u2019s main gateway to the world, once the search operation for Gvili\u2019s remains was completed.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Even before his body had been found, the Trump administration announced that the deal would move on to its next phase, which is meant to include reconstruction of Gaza and demilitarisation of the territory.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":22939,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-22938","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Israel has retrieved the remains of the last remaining hostage held in Gaza, fulfilling a key condition of the initial phase of US President Donald Trump\u2019s plan to end the Gaza war","published_date":"2026-01-27 00:00:00","news_description":"Israel has retrieved the remains of the last remaining hostage held in Gaza, fulfilling a key condition of the initial phase of US President Donald Trump\u2019s plan to end the Gaza war","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/22938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/22938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26067,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/22938\/revisions\/26067"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=22938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}