Posted on 01/26/2026 6:35:55 AM PST by metmom
The remains of the final Israeli hostage being held in Gaza has finally been recovered following a dramatic last-ditch effort, Israel said Monday — well over two years after the Israel-Hamas war broke out.
Police officer Ran Gvili’s body was located and identified following a “large-scale operation” in a cemetery in northern Gaza over the weekend, according to Israel’s Defense Force.
“There are officially no more hostages in captivity in Gaza,” the IDF confirmed in statement in X.
Gvili’s body will now be returned to his family in the Jewish state for burial, officials said.
Israeli teams started combing through the cemetery in search of Gvili’s remains after Hamas claimed it had done all required of it under the ceasefire agreement.
The return of all remaining hostages — living or dead — had been a key part of the ceasefire’s initial phase.
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Upon the identification of Ran’s body, all the soldiers began singing, “I believe in the coming of the Messiah, and even if He tarries, I will wait for Him until He comes.” t.me 27m
The Israeli left has lost their last hostage to use as a line of attack against Netanyahu.
The poor dears.
the F+++ing Fakestinian savages need to be removed from gaza district Now, without further delay. Egypt’s massive multi-layer barrier with military tanks and kill zones NEEDS TO BE REMOVED from rafah crossing....to let the Fakestinians desiring it safe transit to third countries willing to accept them, or back to their homes (if those countries are willing) Egypt, Arabia, Iraq, Algeria, etc.
We are told all the time — often erroneously and sometimes deliberately falsely -— about “international law” -—but when it comes to Egypt the mass media is silent.
There is a right of safe passage even if a country is unwilling to let them stay there. It is barbaric of Egypt to keep them pent up prisoners (and some of them are Egyptian to begin with or have family in Egypt).
Then, Egypt needs to be made to return to its treaty obligations and MOVE ITS MILITARY BACK OUT of Sinai.
Egypt is a serious bad actor in all of this and will eventually have to be dealt with if it isn’t corrected now.
Now wipe every last one of these savages out and their combined families.
Every last one.
L
That’s good news.
I have been watching for this. Thanks for posting!
I follow Amir and saw that.
It was very moving.
And the world is SILENT over the slaughter in Iran.
Hypocrisy on display.
Works for me.
I understand that that body was the last thing holding Israel back.
Should be interesting to see what happens there now.
And coincidentally, the US armada has now arrived in the Middle East.
“the world” we see (or are fed) is via the same global mass media that are controlled by the group that took over the DNC and several western governments like Canada, UK, France, etcetera.
we “see” the world through their mass media lenses’and therefore we are led to believe whatever lies and distortions they want us to believe
The result of this is that so-called peace propaganda is just as dishonest and intellectually disgusting as war propaganda. Like war propaganda, it concentrates on putting forward a ‘case’, obscuring the opponent’s point of view and avoiding awkward questions.
George Orwell
Yea
Work on your reading comprehension.
All IDF on the scene of Ran’s body are singing this>>> video >>> https://www.instagram.com/yochy11/reel/DT-lp4JjFIv/
beautiful
yep....I like how the singing built up and the brothers in arms joined arms
Good news. Now, destroy every last building in Gaza.
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