Overview
- Ran (Rani) Gvili, 24, is reported as the lone remaining Israeli captive from the October 7 attacks, with most of the 251 abducted now returned.
- His parents met President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu in Florida, where Trump publicly pledged to “bring Ran home.”
- An Israeli official told the Daily Mail that there will be no second phase of the deal until Gvili is returned or accounted for, a stance echoed by a hostages’ advocacy group.
- Conflicting claims persist over his status: an Israeli outlet previously reported him deceased, his father urged people not to assume, and Palestinian Islamic Jihad has declared the hostage issue closed.
- Israeli reporting places him wounded and taken into Gaza on October 7 and possibly in Zeithoun near Gaza City, but his recovery and verification of his condition remain unresolved.