Gvili's parents, Itzik and Talik, express pain and gratitude as their son's body returns to Israel for burial, marking a bittersweet end to the 843-day ordeal of the hostages in Gaza

Ran Gvili, a young Israeli police officer, was on medical leave when Hamas launched its deadly attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.A motorcycle enthusiast and non-commissioned officer in the elite Yassam unit of the Israeli police in the Negev desert region,

The police are preparing for the state funeral of Ran Gvili, to be held in Meitar on Wednesday. The public is invited to pay their respects along the procession route.

The Israeli army has recovered the body of Ran Gvili from the Gaza Strip. Gvili had been considered missing since the Hamas terror attack on October 7, 2023, and was the last unresolved case among the Israeli victims of that day.

Gvili's return marks the end of the saga of returning all live and deceased hostages taken by Hamas on October 7. The clock in Hostages Square, which has been counting the seconds, minutes, hours, and days since October 7,

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.