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Netanyahu: Return of Ran Gvili’s body is ‘extraordinary achievement’ for Israel
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu enters the Knesset plenum in Jerusalem, January 19, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
Speaking to the media in the Knesset, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that the return of the body of Master Sgt. Ran Gvili “is an extraordinary achievement for the Israel Defense Forces, the State of Israel, the citizens of Israel, because you gave us the backing to complete the work.”
“We promised, and I promised, to bring everyone back, and we brought everyone back,” he says, “to the very last one.”
“Rani is a hero of Israel. He went in first, he came out last. He came home,” says Netanyahu.
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar also welcomes Gvili’s return, writing that “the vow has been fulfilled” and thanking Israel’s security forces “for their tremendous efforts,” in a Hebrew-language post on X.
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