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Drone footage shows IDF search for body of slain hostage Ran Gvili in Gaza
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Drone images published by Army Radio show the ongoing search operation at a Muslim cemetery in eastern Gaza City for the remains of Master Sgt. Ran Gvili, the last remaining hostage held in the Strip.
The photos show soldiers and engineering vehicles at the cemetery, where the IDF says it has been exhuming bodies in an attempt to locate and identify Gvili’s remains.
The search is taking place on the Israeli side of the Yellow Line, though some forces have been deployed slightly over it, on the Hamas side, for security purposes, military officials say.
The operation — which began over the weekend — could last several days at most, according to IDF estimates, as hundreds of bodies are believed to be buried at the cemetery.
תיעודים בלעדיים: כך נראה מעין הרחפן מבצע ״לב אמיץ״ לחיפוש אחר רן גואילי, בבית הקברות בפאתי סג׳עיה
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— דורון קדוש | Doron Kadosh (@Doron_Kadosh) January 26, 2026
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