January 26th, 2026 - 04:23 GMT
ALBAWABA- Israeli forces announced on January 26, 2026, that they had recovered the body of Master Sgt. Ran Gvili, the last remaining Israeli captive held in Gaza since October 7, 2023, ending 843 days of captivity. The remains were found in a cemetery in Gaza City’s Al-Tuffah neighborhood after Hamas provided intelligence to mediators. Acting on the information, Israeli troops conducted targeted searches in northern Gaza, exhuming more than 200 ...
![Palestinians wait at the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip on September 18, 2013 for a brief opening for special cases after the Egyptian authorities closed the crossing 'indefinitely' the day before for security reasons. [Mohammad Abed/AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/misc/180934525.jpg?itok=GgbrICYN "Palestinians wait at the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip on September 18, 2013 for a brief opening for special cases after the Egyptian authorities closed the crossing 'indefinitely' the day before for security reasons. [Mohammad Abed/AFP]")
![A Palestinian child raises up a paper ship reading 'No siege' during a rally to protest against the Israeli siege of the Gaza Strip on November 30, 2013 at Gaza City harbour. [Mahmud Hams/AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Egypt/452597519.jpg?itok=2adq-tTN "A Palestinian child raises up a paper ship reading 'No siege' during a rally to protest against the Israeli siege of the Gaza Strip on November 30, 2013 at Gaza City harbour. [Mahmud Hams/AFP]")
![US Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Palestinian authority President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on November 6, 2013. [AFP/Fadi Arouri]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/187085406.jpg?itok=tKKQJQqv "US Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Palestinian authority President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on November 6, 2013. [AFP/Fadi Arouri]")
![Mourners carry the bodies of Palestinian militants Khaled al-Najjar and Mussa Fanasheh during their funeral procession on November 27, 2013 in the West Bank village of Yatta, near Hebron. [AFP/Hazem Bader]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/000_Nic6269757.jpg?itok=u9ksy2cQ "Mourners carry the bodies of Palestinian militants Khaled al-Najjar and Mussa Fanasheh during their funeral procession on November 27, 2013 in the West Bank village of Yatta, near Hebron. [AFP/Hazem Bader]")
![“Solving the conflict with the Palestinians would enable a united front with Arab countries against Iran,” Justice Minister says. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/175049560.jpg?itok=5sVFKzcv "“Solving the conflict with the Palestinians would enable a united front with Arab countries against Iran,” Justice Minister says. [AFP]")
![Netanyahu on Monday invited Abbas to address the Israeli parliament and publicly recognize Jewish links to the land of Israel. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/185638749.jpg?itok=jrT5fIlt "Netanyahu on Monday invited Abbas to address the Israeli parliament and publicly recognize Jewish links to the land of Israel. [AFP]")
![Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Egypt/Ismael-Haniyeh-AFP.jpg?itok=O8sBjWYV "Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh [AFP]")
![A Palestinian woman cooks her food on fire wood in Biet Hanun northern Gaza Strip, on November 19, 2013, due to the shortage in butane gas across the Hamas run Palestinian territory. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/450533057.jpg?itok=yRWO-Pvx "A Palestinian woman cooks her food on fire wood in Biet Hanun northern Gaza Strip, on November 19, 2013, due to the shortage in butane gas across the Hamas run Palestinian territory. [AFP]")
![Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) executive committee member Hanan Ashrawi speaks during a press conference in the West Bank city of Ramallah. [Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/159917248.jpg?itok=OBhXzX7_ "Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) executive committee member Hanan Ashrawi speaks during a press conference in the West Bank city of Ramallah. [Getty Images]")
