Father of Ran Gvili, one of two deceased hostages still held, will speak at possible final Hostages Square rally tomorrow night

Itzik Gvili, father of hostage Ran Gvili, one of the two remaining deceased bodies in Gaza, will speak tomorrow night at what may be the final rally in Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square.

Master Sgt. Ran Gvili and Thai worker Sudthisak Rinthalak are the two slain captives still held in Gaza, after the body of Kibbutz Be’eri’s Dror Or was released for burial earlier this week.

A spokesperson for the Hostages Families Forum said Friday that it hasn’t yet been declared whether there will be future rallies.

The Hostages Families Forum said earlier this week that the Saturday night rally may be the last, as it will greatly narrow its activities now that there are only two families left to support.

The Forum recommended stopping the rallies by the end of November, given the cost of around NIS 200,000 ($61,000) each week to erect a stage with video and sound systems, adding that the rallies don’t serve the current struggle of Hamas searching for and locating the remaining bodies in Gaza.

The Gvili family has said it understands the Forum’s decision.

The two slain hostages whose bodies were still held captive in Gaza as of November 24, 2025: Sudthisak Rinthalak (left) and Ran Gvili. (Collage by Times of Israel; Photos: Courtesy)

Rinthalak’s family is located in Thailand, and while the Forum is in touch with the Thai Embassy, it has not been involved in rallies.

The other speakers at Saturday night’s Tel Aviv rally are Jon Polin, the father of slain hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin; Ayelet Goldin, sister of slain soldier Lieutenant Hadar Goldin; Nira Sharabi, wife of Yossi Sharabi, a hostage slain in Hamas captivity; and Eyal Eshel, father of surveillance soldier Roni Eshel, who was killed on October 7 at the Nahal Oz base.

Alongside the Tel Aviv rally, additional rallies will be held at Shaar HaNegev Junction and Carmei Gat, the Kiryat Gat neighborhood home to the evacuated Kibbutz Nir Oz community.

Jerusalem’s Safeguarding Our Shared Home protest group posted that it will hold a farewell evening on Saturday evening for the Hostages’ Tent at the corner of Aza Road and Balfour, erected since the start of the struggle for the hostages.