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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\u201cThe IDF shares the family\u2019s grief. The IDF will continue to accompany the families and the returnees and to act to strengthen the security of Israel\u2019s citizens,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n
With Gvili\u2019s return, Hamas is holding no Israeli captives for the first time since 2014, when the terrorist organization seized the remains of two IDF soldiers killed during the Gaza war that year, the military noted.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe return of Ran, of blessed memory, for burial is a painful moment of closure\u2014with the return of the last hostage from the territory of the Gaza Strip to the Land of Israel,\u201d said Defense Minister Israel Katz.<\/p>\n
Gvili was \u201ca courageous fighter, driven by a deep sense of mission and national responsibility. His bravery on that difficult morning is part of the story of the steadfastness and determination shown by the fighters and security forces in the face of the terrorist attack,\u201d continued Katz.<\/p>\n
His return \u201cunderscores the State of Israel\u2019s commitment to its soldiers and civilians: to bring every single person home\u2014as we promised the families and the Israeli public,\u201d he said. \u201cThat is mutual responsibility.\u201d<\/p>\n
Israel Police Commissioner Daniel Levy on Monday spoke with Gvili\u2019s father, Itzik, \u201cupdated him on the details and extended a warm embrace to him and the entire family,\u201d the force\u2019s Spokesperson\u2019s Unit stated.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe commissioner once again emphasized Rani\u2019s determination and bravery,\u201d it continued. \u201cA officer in the YASAM unit, Rani shielded the civilians of the State of Israel with his body, acting with courage and self-sacrifice in defense of others.<\/p>\n
\u201cAn honor convoy led by the Israel Police will escort Rani\u2019s coffin\u201d to the Israeli Health Ministry\u2019s National Center of Forensic Medicine at Abu Kabir in Tel Aviv, the statement said.<\/p>\n
Israel\u2019s Prime Minister\u2019s Office announced on Sunday that the IDF since late last week had been \u201cconducting a focused operation to exhaust all of the intelligence that has been gathered in the effort to locate\u201d Gvili.<\/p>\n
\u201cOperation Brave Heart\u201d focused on a cemetery in northern Gaza and included extensive scanning while utilizing all available intelligence.<\/p>\n
Gvili fought with extraordinary courage on Oct. 7. When the attacks began, he left his house, put on his uniform and headed out to fight. Only 10 days before he had broken his shoulder, and was waiting for surgery, his father said in an interview with Israel Hayom last month.<\/p>\n
\u201cRani told us he would not let his friends fight alone, and that even with the fracture he could still hold a handgun,\u201d said Itzik Gvili. \u201cI will never forget the look in his eyes. It was as if he was saying, \u2018This is what I have waited for my entire life.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Gvili went to the Beersheva police station, joining forces headed toward Alumim, a religious kibbutz located near the border with the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n
During the battle close to Alumim, he rescued about 100 people who had fled the Nova music festival and killed 14 Hamas terrorist forces.<\/p>\n
He was shot in the arm and leg during the fighting. He held his position, choosing not to evacuate and radioing information about the enemy forces until he died from his wounds. Hamas then seized his body.<\/p>\n
The terror group abducted a total of 251 Israelis and foreign nationals on Oct. 7. Of those, 168 were freed alive and the remaining dead, whose bodies were returned in truce deals or recovered in IDF operations. PJC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Israel Defense Forces on Monday confirmed its soldiers recovered the body of Master Sgt. Ran Gvili, the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":258555,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":{"0":"post-258554","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\/258554","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=258554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258554\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}