Overview
- Master Sgt. Ran Gvili, a Yasam counterterrorism officer, was killed on October 7 and his body was taken into Gaza.
- His father, Itzik Gvili, says even Gaza groups indicate they do not know the body’s location and he fears the case could drag on like those of Ron Arad or Hadar Goldin.
- Hamas claims it is searching for the remains, but the family reports no progress and accuses the group of deception.
- The Hostages and Missing Families Forum is being closed or significantly scaled down as most cases have been resolved, raising concern about attention to the few that remain.
- Only two bodies are still unreturned—Gvili and Thai national Sudthisak Rinthalak—with Israeli media citing renewed searches in Gaza’s Zeitoun neighborhood confirmed by a military source.