US Edition'Pride of the Entire Nation': Israel Buries Last Gaza Hostage
Ran Gvili was the last of 251 hostages held since Hamas’s Oct 7, 2023 attack, with his return marking the end of all hostage recoveries under a US-backed ceasefire.
- In Meitar, mourners gathered on Jan 28 for Ran Gvili's funeral, the last hostage whose remains were returned after Hamas's Oct 7 attack, ending a two-year saga.
- After the Oct 7 attack, Israeli forces recovered Ran Gvili’s body taken into Gaza, with returns occurring through ceasefires including the US-backed Gaza ceasefire that took effect Oct 10.
- A flag-draped coffin lay before tearful family as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog attended and a large screen broadcast the arrival, while a convoy moved the body from Camp Shura military base to Meitar along roads lined with hundreds of onlookers.
- Officials declared an end to the hostage-return mission, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying Israel had `fully completed the sacred mission` and President Isaac Herzog noting no Israeli citizens are held in Gaza for the first time since 2014.
- Madam Talik Gvili told mourners she `hoped you would come back on your own two feet` and called her son `the first to leave, last to return`, while family speakers vowed militants Hamas and Islamic Jihad would pay a heavy price.
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Israeli PM vows to disarm Hamas
Israel on Wednesday laid to rest the last hostage from Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned at the funeral that the country's enemies would pay a heavy price for any future aggression. Netanyahu's threat came as Hamas told AFP it was prepared to carry out a full transfer of governance in Gaza to a 15-member Palestinian technocratic committee established under a US-backed ceasefire plan. Hundreds of mourners…
REPORTING - Ran Gvili, kidnapped on 7 October 2023, was buried on Wednesday in Meitar. If the hostage sequence ends, the trauma remains complete: persistent war in Gaza, regional threats and unresolved debate on responsibilities.
Israeli hero Ran Gvili laid to rest two years after Oct. 7
After two years of searching and hope, Ran Gvili was finally brought home and laid to rest in his hometown of Meitar in a moving ceremony attended by surviving hostages, the prime minister, the president, and senior military officials. https://worldisraelnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/6BWf5zKnXUiTbGr5.mp4 The post WATCH: Israeli hero Ran Gvili laid to rest two years after Oct. 7 appeared first on World Israel News.
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