The ISA reported that this information led to the operation in which Ran was ultimately recovered. As part of the operation, more than 700 graves were opened and more than 250 bodies examined, until Ran was found in a Shifaa hospital body bag with his police-issue uniform, shoes, and belt still intact.

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

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.

Yesterday was a historic day. The last remaining hostage in Gaza, Officer Ran Gvili, has been returned home to his family in Israel. He went out on October 7 to save lives, and yesterday he returned to rest in peace in Israel. Now, ALL 20 living hostages and all 28 deceased…