Thursday, January 29, 2026

A Truly Royal Funeral,

 This is really unique! Instead of a happy event this sad event turned into a really royal funeral for the  last hostage of the Gaza war who has finally found. Two days ago a huge group of Israeli soldiers turned an improvised cemetery in the northern part of the Gaza strip upside down and located among hundreds of bodies the long missed remains of the hero soldier Rani Gvili.

In the morning hours of Oct. 7, 2023 Ran woke up the terrible news of the raid of the Gazan terrorists into Israel. He was injured at his shoulder and was due to undergo surgery. However, he didn’t hesitate to join his colleagues, being a member of a special unit of the police. He grabbed his weapon and went out to defend his country. He arrived to help protect Kibbutz Alumim, succeeded to kill 14 terrorists, but was shot at and wounded and finally murdered and his body dragged into Gaza.

The Israeli army and the government had pledged that no hostage will stay behind. This pledge was finally fulfilled last Monday. Today’s funeral was nothing less than royal. His unbelievable family, the entire top echelon of leaders of Israel, half of the country attended either in person or in watching the funeral. The were many moving eulogies, the first by his incredible mother.

There is no place in the world compared to Israel in honoring its heroes, its soldiers, its captives, old and young, soldiers and civilians, saving no effort to bring them home, the injured living ones for rehabilitation, the deceased an honorable funeral in the holy earth of Israel. 

(Posted for Doris Heilbot)

                               

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