The funeral procession for slain Israeli hostage, Master Sgt. Ran Gvili, HY”D, has set off for his hometown of Meitar, where he will be buried. Thousands of Israelis and saluting police officers are standing on the sides of the road to pay their final respects.
*“I just wanted to tell you, my beloved child, that the hope you might return to us on two legs, or even one leg, gave us hope,” his mother, Talik Gvili, said in her eulogy.*
“Rani, my love, I promise you that thanks largely to you, all of Israel remembered that despite all the divisions, we are one big, strong people. Everyone is worthy of your sacrifice.”
Ran’s father, Itzik Gvili, recited Kaddish over the coffin, saluted and said,
“Here, your friends are taking you.”
Prime Minister Netanyahu to the Gvili family:
“Our souls are bound to yours. We met many times, crossing continents and seas together, including a heart-wrenching meeting with President Trump in Florida. We witnessed, up close and with deep emotion, the power of parental and sibling love. We embraced you in your pain then, and today we embrace you again-together with the entire nation-as a hero of Israel is laid to rest in his homeland."
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