The family of Ran Gvili, the last hostage whose remains are still being held in Gaza, issues a plea from an AI-generated Gvili to US President Donald Trump in a new video clip.
The AI clip shows Gvili inside a Hamas tunnel in Gaza recounting his experiences on October 7, when the police officer was killed in action fighting the terror invasion.
An AI-generated video of the last deceased hostage, Ran Gvili, asking US President Donald Trump to help bring his body home (Screenshots/Hostages Forum)
“Thank you for standing with us and for making a courageous agreement that brought so many of my brothers and sisters home,” says the AI-generated Gvili, in a video circulated by the Hostages and Missing Families Forum.
“Mr. President, I’m asking you to see this through — I deserve the right to be buried with honor in the land I fought for,” he continues in the clip. “Mr. President, finish what you started, bring me home before it’s too late.”
Gvili’s mother, Talik, says in a statement that “seeing and hearing Rani speak in his own voice is moving and sad at the same time. I would have given everything to hear, see, and hug him again. But all I have left is to beg them not to move to phase two of the agreement before they bring Rani home to me, because heroes must not be left behind.”
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