{"id":260588,"date":"2026-01-27T20:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T20:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/260588\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T20:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T20:00:07","slug":"israel-prepares-to-taper-off-38b-defense-package-with-us-by-2036-live-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/260588\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel Prepares To &#8216;taper Off&#8217; $38b Defense Package With US By 2036 | LIVE BLOG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">Ran Gvili&#8217;s return: the iconic stopwatch in Hostage Square will be stopped tonight\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">The Hostages&#8217; Families Forum announced the end of the symbolic countdown timer installed in Tel Aviv&#8217;s Hostages Square, following the repatriation of the remains of Ran Gvili, the last hostage held in Gaza. &#8220;For the first time since 2014, Israel woke up without any hostages held in Gaza. It is time to stop the clock,&#8221; the organization stated. A powerful symbol since October 7, this timer had been counting every second of captivity, &#8220;when time itself seemed to have stood still for the families and for the entire nation after October 7,&#8221; the Forum said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">After 844 cumulative days of captivity, totaling more than 20,000 hours, the counter will be officially stopped at a ceremony scheduled for 5:30 p.m., which will be attended by Ran Gvili&#8217;s sister, former hostages, and families bereaved by the war.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ran Gvili&#8217;s return: the iconic stopwatch in Hostage Square will be stopped tonight\u00a0 The Hostages&#8217; Families Forum announced&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260589,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":{"0":"post-260588","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-israel","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260588\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}