Trump says ‘we think we know’ location of Ran Gvili, the last hostage in Gaza |
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that “we think we know” where the body of the final hostage, slain Israel Police Master Sgt. Ran Gvili, is being held in the Gaza Strip.
Trump made the revelation during a White House press briefing while going through his administration’s accomplishments during his first year in office.
Gvili, a member of the Yasam police unit, was killed battling terrorists at Kibbutz Alumim on October 7, 2023, and his body was abducted to Gaza, where it is still being held.
“They have one left that we think we know where it is, amazing, it looked like we weren’t going to get anywhere near that, now they’ve gotten that almost,” Trump said of Gvili’s remains.
Gvili’s parents, Itzik and Talik, responded that in light of Trump’s remarks, the US and Israel must apply all possible pressure to ensure that Hamas returns their son.
“President Trump’s statement confirms what we have been saying for the past three months: Hamas knows exactly where our son is and has knowingly and deliberately violated President Trump’s framework and the agreement to return all hostages,” the Gvilis said in a statement released by the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, which represented the families of most of the hostages.
JUST IN: Trump hints that the location of the hostage Ran Gvili is known: "We brought back the last 20 hostages. There's one hostage who didn't come back, it seems we know where he is" pic.twitter.com/0H4BSzXjV0
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“The responsibility now lies with the Government of Israel and the US administration to exert the full weight of their authority to ensure that Hamas fulfills its obligations under the agreement, or guarantee that serious sanctions are........