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Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today’s episode.
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Impromptu gatherings across Israel last night marked the first time in over 11 years without hostages being held in Gaza, following the return of Ran Gvili’s body to Israel.
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For more than 50 days, he was the only hostage still held in Gaza, with Hamas insisting that it had been unable to locate him and his family and country fearful he might never be recovered.
In today’s episode, Fabian takes us through Operation Courageous Heart and its massive team of soldiers and forensics experts, which successfully recovered Gvili’s remains after checking over 250 bodies in a Gazan cemetery.
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All of them are home now: Body of last hostage Ran Gvili found in Gaza, returned to Israel
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