The parents of the last dead hostage in Gaza have spoken to the BBC about their desperate wait for his body to be returned. Itzik and Talik Gvili insisted the Gaza peace deal could not progress until Hamas handed over the remains of their son Ran, a 24-year-old Israeli police officer also known as Rani.

An Israeli police officer killed during the Oct. 7, 2023, attack that triggered the country's war with Hamas is the last hostage whose remains are still in Gaza.

Israeli authorities confirm Thai worker Sudthisak Rinthalak's remains were returned, leaving Ran Gvili as the last hostage alive or dead in Gaza.

On Dec. 4, 1991, after being abducted and held hostage for nearly seven years by Hezbollah militants in Lebanon, Associated Press correspondent Terry Anderson was freed from captivity. In 1783, Gen. George Washington bade farewell to his Continental Army officers at Fraunces Tavern in New York.