Israel says that it has recovered the remains of soldier Ran Gvili, the last hostage held in the besieged territory. Israel has conditioned the reopening of the Rafah crossing between southern Gaza and Egypt on receiving Gvili’s remains.

Israel’s announcement came as Palestinians in Gaza mourned the killing of at least three Palestinians in Israeli attacks, in another violation of the U.S.-brokered truce. Among the victims are two children killed in an Israeli drone strike on a group of Palestinians gathering firewood near Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza. They were identified as 13-year-old Salman al-Zawarah and his 15-year-old cousin Mohammed al-Zawarah. This is Mohammed’s father.

Yousef al-Zawarah: “So, this is the peace, the peace they talk about? This is it? This is the peace? This is surrender, not peace. Now Mohammed is gone.”
While Israel continues to violate the so-called ceasefire, President Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner held another discussion with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this weekend on efforts to implement the second phase of the Gaza truce.

In news from the occupied West Bank, Al Jazeera reports Israeli soldiers are forcing Palestinians to evacuate a number of buildings, including schools and kindergartens, in the town of Kafr Aqab amid escalating Israeli raids across the West Bank.