Trump praised Hamas for helping locate the remains of the last Israeli hostage in Gaza, calling the effort "very difficult" and urging the group to honour its promise to disarm. In a January 26 interview with Axios, the former U.S. president highlighted the successful retrieval of Ran Gvili’s body, a key milestone for his proposed peace plan that also includes reopening the Gaza border and establishing a new governing body. Trump said the search was "a hard scene to bear" and thanked Hamas for working with Israeli teams. The move follows skepticism in Israel about the group's willingness to lay down arms and the feasibility of returning all hostages, dead or alive. U.S. officials, including Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, briefed Trump on the operation, and he met the Gvili family at Mar‑a‑Lago. The story comes amid discussions of a peace council in Davos and the broader U.N.-backed Gaza ceasefire talks.

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