JERUSALEM - Israel will reopen Gaza’s Rafah crossing with Egypt for the passage of people only after an operation to locate the body of the last remaining Israeli hostage in the enclave is completed, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said late on Jan 25. The border was supposed to have ope»»»

Israel will reopen Gaza's Rafah crossing with Egypt for the passage of people only after an operation to locate the body of the last remaining ⁠Israeli hostage in the enclave is completed, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said late on Sunday (Jan 25). The border was supposed to have opene»»»

The Israeli army on Thursday identified the remains of the second-last hostage to be released from Gaza under the terms of the US-brokered ceasefire deal. The hostage was identified as Sudthisak Rinthalak, a Thai national who was killed during the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack.  »»»

From an embankment overlooking Gaza City, there's no hiding what this war has done. The Gaza of maps and memories is gone, replaced by a monochrome landscape of rubble stretching flat and still for 180 degrees, from Beit Hanoun on one side to Gaza City on the other. Beyond the distant shapes of bui»»»

close Video NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The body of the last U.S. citizen held by Hamas, Staff Sergeant Itay Chen, a 19-year-old dual U.S.–Israeli citizen, has been returned from Gaza for burial, the Israel Defense Forces confirmed Monday. Seven more hostages’ bodies remain in Gaza.»»»

Washington Examiner Search Washington Examiner Israel claims a returned body by Hamas was not an Israeli hostage October 15, 2025 6:18 am Israel announced that one of the four bodies received from Hamas on Tuesday, which the Palestinian militant organization claimed was a hostage taken during the O»»»

— US special envoy Steve Witkoff has told CNN that a ceasefire-hostage deal for Gaza is currently on the table with a pathway to end the war, and urged Hamas to accept it. The proposal would see the release of half of the living hostages and half of those who have died in exchange for a temporary c»»»