The Israeli military says it has retrieved the body of the last hostage in Gaza, paving the way for the next phase of US President Donald Trump's peace plan to get under way.
It had been searching for Master Sgt Ran Gvili since the ceasefire with Hamas began in October.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Gvili's return "an extraordinary achievement".
The Israeli military began searching a cemetery for Gvili on Sunday morning. Hamas's armed wing said it had provided mediators with "all the details and information" about Gvili's location.
Netanyahu's office said Israel would reopen Gaza's key border crossing with Egypt once the operation to find and return Gvili was complete.
The prime minister hailed the return of Gvili's body, saying: "We promised - and I promised - to bring everyone back. We brought them all back, down to the very last captive," he said.
The Israeli military said the clarification of existing intelligence over the weekend had enabled the search of the cemetery near Gaza City. A military official said the cemetery "was located in the area of the Yellow Line", the boundary to territory still controlled by Israeli forces under the ceasefire deal.
Hamas said it had "kept updating the mediators with the necessary information, which resulted in retrieving the body".
Spokesman Hazem Qassem said the discovery "confirms Hamas's commitment to all the requirements of the ceasefire agreement".
In Israel, Itzik Gvili, the hostage's father, paid an emotional goodbye to his son in front of his coffin.
"You had the option to stay home, but you said to me: 'Father, I'm not going to leave my friends to fight alone.'
"You came out, and you need to see the honour you have here, all the people who brought you. All the police are here with you, the entire army is here with you, the entire nation is here with you. I'm proud of you, my son," Itzik Gvili said.
Rani Gvili's sister Shira earlier told the Hostages and Missing Families Forum: "I feel an insane sense of relief. I feel relieved. I am sad. I'm very sad that it ended this way, but it had to end at some point. I am so happy he's coming back home."
The retrieval of Gvili may bring closure to his family and it finally ends Israel's hostage agony after 843 days.
It also opens the way for further progress in Gaza's ceasefire deal. Israel had resisted moving forward until Gvili was found.
Phase two is meant to involve the reconstruction and full demilitarisation of Gaza, including the disarmament of Hamas and other Palestinian groups. The plan is also meant to see the deployment of an as-yet unconstituted International Stabilization Force (ISF) and the progressive withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza.
On Friday, the Gvili family gathered in Tel Aviv's Hostages Square, as they had every week since he and the other 250 were abducted on 7 October 2023.
"I looked them in the eyes and said: 'We will bring Rani home'," Netanyahu recounted on Monday. "I promised you, citizens of Israel: We will bring everyone home."
It is a promise finally delivered, and will be celebrated, but his critics say it has taken too long and cost too many lives - Israeli and Palestinian.
Source: BBC