Israel's Prime Minister's Office announced on January 25, 2026, that as part of President Trump's 20-point plan, the country agreed to open the Rafah crossing on a limited basis for human crossings only with full Israeli inspection, conditioned on the return of all living abductees and Hamas's 100% effort to locate and return dead abductees, according to a PMO statement reported by Suliman and Blumenthal. The IDF is conducting a targeted operation during these hours to extract all intelligence gathered for locating and recovering the remains of the late Ran Gvili. Israel will open the Rafah crossing upon operation completion in accordance with the agreement with the United States. The state committed to spare no effort to return Gvili, described as the hero of Israel, the late Major Ran Gvili. This development relates to the IDF's 'Brave Heart' operation in eastern Gaza City to locate the remains of Master Sgt. Ran Gvili from a Muslim cemetery near Shejaiya, Daraj, and Tuffah neighborhoods, following IDF units heading to the site earlier on January 25 based on intelligence including information from Hamas via mediators, as reported by Israeli journalist Amit Segal. Separately, the IDF confirmed an airstrike earlier on January 25 in Bazouriye near Tyre killed Hezbollah artillery commander Muhammad al-Husseini, identified as chief of Hezbollah artillery forces in Arzoun village who also worked as a school teacher and advanced attacks on Israel while recently attempting to restore rocket capabilities in southern Lebanon, according to @GeoConfirmed citing the IDF. The same source reported another IDF strike that day on a Hezbollah weapons manufacturing site in Bir el-Sanasel village killed operative Jawad Basma. These actions follow 14 Israeli airstrikes on Hezbollah targets near Bint Jbeil between 9:16 PM and 9:46 PM UTC on January 25, targeting Midoun and Al-Jabour heights, Wadi Barghaz, and Kassara Al-Aroush, per monitoring channel [[جنوب لبنان]]راصد العدو and an Al-Manar correspondent.
