The family of the last remaining deceased hostage in Gaza, Ran Gvili, has met in Florida with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and top White House Middle East advisers Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, according to a statement from the Tikva Forum, which represents some relatively hawkish families of hostages and former hostages, including the Gvilis.
Ran’s parents, Itzik and Talik, and siblings Omri, Sharon and Shira take part in the meeting, which takes place shortly before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s planned meeting with US President Donald Trump.
The conversation was “very positive” and gave assurance that Israel and the US “will do everything to bring Rani home as soon as possible,” the family says in the statement, which adds that the three senior officials “stressed that the return of Ran is of great importance to President Trump, and that significant efforts are being made to bring him back.”
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