The sister of the last remaining Israeli hostage whose body is held in Gaza came to U.N. Headquarters on Thursday to keep up pressure for his return, more than two years after Ran Gvili was seriously wounded and abducted to the Strip.
“It has been 805 days that my brother Ran has been held by Hamas terrorists,” Shira Gvili said. “Since October 7, we have had no information, only waiting and hoping for a miracle.”
She added: “254 hostages have returned home. Ran is the last one left in captivity. Don’t leave him behind. Stand by us and help us bring him home.”
“Ran was murdered by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023, and his body was kidnapped to Gaza,” Israeli Ambassador to the U.N. Danny Danon said. “Hamas and Islamic Jihad know exactly where he is being held.”
When the massacre began, Gvili, a 24-year-old Israeli police officer, left his house near Beersheva and headed out to fight. About 10 days earlier, he had broken his shoulder, and he was awaiting surgery.
He helped to save about 150 people from the Supernova music festival near Kibbutz Re’im before being mortally wounded in a firefight with terrorists at Kibbutz Alumim. He killed 15 terrorists.
“We have returned 254 of the hostages, as I promised, and we will also return—and not relent until we return—Ran Gvili, a hero of Israel,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday. “The first to enter will be the last to come out, but he will come out, we will get him.”
