With the recovery of Gvili’s remains, all hostages abducted to Gaza on Oct. 7, 2023 have now been returned to Israel. This marks the first time in more than a decade that no Israelis remain held captive in the Strip.

An officer from the Yahalom special engineering unit describes working against a razor-thin deadline and under extreme conditions to extract the last hostage from Gaza.

Talik Gvili believes the US and Israeli governments are doing all they can to secure release of Ran's body before Gaza ceasefire moves into second phase The post Final hostage Ran Gvili’s mother says she trusts Israel to bring her son home appeared first on The Times of Israel.

The IDF recovered the body of Staff Sgt Maj Ran Gvili from Gaza, more than two years after he was killed fighting Hamas on October 7.

National Institutions Building in Jerusalem illuminated in blue, with photos of Ran Gvili and the other returned hostages projected onto its façade.

Clinging to 'that tiny bit of hope,' the family had continued to speak of their son in the present tense, and never stopped battling for his return The post The Gvili family’s hopeful, dignified struggle to bring Ran home appeared first on The Times of Israel.