The Hostages’ Symbols: Our Civil Tsitsit |
What sad relief that Ran Gvili, z”l, has been returned to Israel for burial, for his family and friends to have that open nightmare, on top of him having been killed by the terrorists, come to an end. He was, as all who knew him say of him, an extraordinary hero, who behaved with utter clarity of purpose that horrible day to fight the thousands of terrorists who invaded and protect as many people as he could from them. He fought until his ammunition ran out. He was 24 years old.
He was the last hostage, deceased or alive, held in Gaza, an open sore that has festered since the war in 2014, and we are rightly marking that reality.
Many are removing their hostage pins, the yellow ribbons, doing........