The parents of the last hostage in Gaza have been waiting for over two years for the return of their son, whom they described as "fighting to the last bullet" during Hamas's attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.

Now the mother of Ran Gvili says there is consensus in Israel that his body must be returned before the second phase of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip begins.

"From everyone we speak to, we're getting the promise that they won't move to the second phase until they bring Rani back," Talik Gvili, 55, told AFP at the family's home in Meitar, a small town in southern Israel that is east of Gaza.

"We are really, really hoping that this is truly what will happen," she said.

Gvili was an officer in Israel's Yasam elite police unit who was 24 at the time of the attack by Hamas that........

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