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Israel honors the last hijacker and one of their 7-O heroes, Ran GwiliInternational

Israel honors the last hijacker and one of their 7-O heroes, Ran GwiliInternational

Israel said goodbye to the last hostage captured in the Gaza Strip and closed - at least for now - the most painful chapter in its history.After 845 days... Israel said goodbye to the last hostage taken in Gaza, closing,...

Israel honors the last hijacker and one of their 7-O heroes Ran GwiliInternational

Israel said goodbye to the last hostage captured in the Gaza Strip and closed - at least for now - the most painful chapter in its history.After 845 days...

Israel said goodbye to the last hostage taken in Gaza, closing, at least for now, the most painful chapter in its history.845 days after he was killed in a Hamas attack in the south of the country, policeman Ran Gwili was fired in honor of thousands of Israelis during a funeral ceremony presided over by the top officer.

"It's about family, but also national pride. Pride is greater than great pain. I'm proud to be Brother Ran. Today I can say that our life can go on and today we can say that the date and day of October 7, 2023 is over," said Omri, his brother.

The slogan "First to go (to fight) and last to go back" has accompanied and marked Gavili from 7-o to 24-years-old.That morning, he left his home to help stop a Hamas attack despite being out of action with a shoulder injury.Given the extent of surprise and infiltration from the Gaza Strip, their mission was nearly impossible.After killing 14 attackers, he nearly killed The Alumim Kibbutz in an area where, according to one of its members, 23 Thai and Nepali workers, five security personnel and 36 youths fleeing the Nova festival were killed this week.As for the kibbutz, they insist that their actions prevented dozens of terrorists from entering.For this reason, he is also known as the protector of Alumim.

His body was taken to Gaza along with 250 other hostages, dead and alive.Last Monday, the army rescued him in an extensive search in northern Gaza.

The mission was attended by Lieutenant General Ngo Xuan Lik and the Southern Command Search Department Military Command, which was responsible for the search and recovery of the bodies.About the operation of the body, the officer told EL MUNDO: "Since 7-O, we have carried out dozens of operations to find the hostages, including Rani. So when we found her, it was a sacred and historical moment. Many soldiers began to cry, hug each other and sing. We prayed to Kaddish before sending her back to Israel and handing her over to her family."He found the Israelis detained under the control of the Islamic Jihad group in the Gaza cemetery.As he explained, he was wearing the police trousers he wore the day he was killed.He concluded: “We were the ones to treat the first case on October 7, 2023, and now we have closed the circle with Rani.

"Rani, you came out to protect everyone, and everyone deserves your sacrifice. 700 soldiers searched for you, they found and brought you back. There is no country like it in the world," said his mother, Talik, who thanked "the support of the whole country that strengthens us so much."“Rani deserves all this love,” Father Itzik said, repeating the word “pride.

In a speech calling for unity in the unified country, Isaac Herzog said: "Right now, as the president of Israel, I am asking for forgiveness on behalf of the State of Israel. I am sorry that I was not with him, I am sorry that I had to wait for his return for long and painful days along with many other families."

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said if his body had not been found, "the wounds would have remained forever".

After emphasizing "the return of all our brothers," Netanyahu explained that they are determined to achieve "the other two goals," the disarmament of Hamas and the demilitarization of the Gaza Strip.In the previous day's press conference, he again warned that the Islamist group "will be strengthened either the easy way (Trump's plan for a ceasefire agreement) or the easy way (the continuation of the military offensive).

Netanyahu, who did not attend most of the funerals of the hostages, and killed the soldiers since 7-0, confirmed the establishment of a new community called Rananim near Beer Sheva "to express in its name the contribution of Rani to Israel" and expressed the intention to establish an academy in its name to prepare young people who want to join the police.

Gwil's return thus completes an exchange of Israeli and foreign hostages still held and Palestinian prisoners in the first phase of a ceasefire that began last October.It also marks the start of the second phase of Trump's plan, announced by the U.S. The next step is to upgrade the Rafah border crossing this weekend.

The new Palestinian technocratic government, led by the executive board of the so-called Peace Council to manage the devastated Gaza Strip, considers the entry and exit from Rafah as the first and most important step.For months, Gazans have been waiting for a phase that includes the disarmament of Hamas, the withdrawal of Israeli troops beyond the beginning of the Yellow Line (the first phase of agreement) and the reconstruction of the Palestinian enclave.

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