Israel’s military says it recovered remains of the last hostage from Gaza.

The Israeli military announced on Monday that they have recovered the remains of the final hostage held in Gaza, meeting an important requirement of the first phase of U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to end the Gaza conflict.

The remains of police officer Ran Gvili’s have been identified and will be returned for burial, the military said in a statement.

Israel has said that it will reopen Gaza’s Rafah border crossing with Egypt, the enclave’s main gateway to the world, once Gvili’s remains are returned or the search operation for his body concludes.

Gvili had been held in Gaza since he was killed at Kibbutz Alumim during Hamas’ attack on southern Israel on October 7, 2023.

Hamas and Israel agreed to a ceasefire in October under pressure from regional powers and Trump, who called the deal a first step toward a “strong, durable and everlasting peace”.