The Hostages and Missing Families Forum on Tuesday released an AI-generated video showing Ran Gvili, the last hostage whose remains are being held in Gaza, calling for US President Donald Trump to secure his return from Gaza.
In the video, Gvili identifies himself as “the son of Talik and Isik,” recounts fighting terrorists at Kibbutz Alumim on October 7 despite a prior shoulder injury, and states, “I am the last hostage still held in Gaza.”
He thanks Trump for an agreement that brought many captives home and pleads, “Mr. President, finish what you started. Bring me home before it’s too late.”
Gvili’s mother, Talik, said the family approved the release of the video. “Seeing and hearing Rani speak in his own voice is moving and painful at the same time,” she said. “All that’s left for me is to plead that they do not move to phase B of the agreement before bringing Rani home, because we do not leave heroes behind.”
Gvili was killed in battle fighting infiltrating Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023, after saving the lives of partygoers fleeing the Nova music festival in Re’im and defending Kibbutz Alumim from Hamas terrorists.
Gvili showed 'deep sense of empathy, caring nature'
Born in Meitar, a town in southern Israel, Ran was the son of Tali and Itzik Gvili, and the younger brother of Omri and Shira Gvili. From a young age, he showed a deep sense of empathy and a caring nature.
When classmates chose to attend the Bar Mitzvah of a popular student instead of that of a classmate with disabilities, Ran “organized all the boys to come to the second party,” his parents recalled in an interview with Israel Hayom.
At 18, he enlisted in the IDF's Golani Brigade. Though he sustained an injury during basic training, he refused to give up. He quickly recovered and went on to serve as a fighter and a company commander his parents told Israel Hayom.
Leo Feierberg Better contributed to this report.