Israel launches search of northern Gaza for last remaining hostage

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : "The State of Israel is determined to return Ran Gvili, of blessed memory, for a proper Jewish burial.
50% : "The IDF will continue to employ all necessary efforts until Sergeant First Class Ran Gvili is returned for burial in the State of Israel," it said.
48% : Gvili, a Border Police officer, was taken on Oct. 7 from Alumim, a religious kibbutz located in southern Israel, near Gaza.
45% : Many of the hostages, some of whom were killed in the initial attack, were released or rescued prior to an October 2025 cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, which facilitated the repatriation of all the remaining hostages aside from the 24-year-old Ran Gvili.
45% : The search was launched as Israel said it aims for a limited reopening of the Rafah crossing between southern Gaza and Egypt.
37% : In late January 2024, Israel announced that it had determined that Gvili was killed in the attack and his body taken into Gaza.
32% : A total of 251 people were abducted from Israel and taken into Gaza on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas conducted a bloody surprise attack on the Middle Eastern country.
31% : Israel effectively closed the crossing, the only one that does not go through Israel, in May 2024 when Israeli soldiers took control of it in its military operation.

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