by Israel Hayom News Staff
The formal funeral procession began at Shura Camp at 10:30 a.m, with dozens of police offers standing in salute along the road, with Israeli flags spontaneously displayed by Israelis from all walks of life in honor of the the Israeli cop who left his home to fight terrorists on Oct. 7.
The long and agonizing wait will come to an end for the family of Master Sergeant Ran Gvili on Wednesday. The police officer who charged into battle on October 7 despite his own injuries makes his final journey home. As his convoy winds its way south from the Shura Camp to the quiet town of Meitar, a nation stands in silent salute to a hero who gave everything.
Gvili, the defender of Alumim (a kibbutz near the Gaza border). Gvili left his home on October 7 – despite suffering from a shoulder injury – and drove to fight with fierce determination against the Hamas terrorists infiltrating Israel.
Following the recovery of his body to Israel in Operation “Brave Heart,“ Gvili was to be laid to rest in the cemetery of Meitar (a town in southern Israel), the community he called home.
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14:35 | National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir:
“Dear Gvili family, Talik, you teach us what pride of a nation means. You too, Itzik, give us a lesson in how to be a proud people.”
14:25 | Chief Sephardic Rabbi David Yosef: “The miracle repeats – Ran Gvili returns whole in body, a wonder of wonders”
“Tens of thousands of Jews were slaughtered by the Romans as written in the Gemara, and they didn’t stop there. They didn’t permit burial of the bodies and used the corpses to build fences for their vineyards. They erected a fence 18 kilometers (11 miles) long at the height of a person. From this we understand the enormity of the terrible disaster – the incomprehensible quantity in the Bar Kokhba revolt. These things happened about 50 years after the destruction of the Temple. After a long time, the Romans permitted burial of the bodies. Our sages established a special blessing for this – the blessing of HaTov VeHaMeitiv – the blessing we still say today in the Grace After Meals. The Gemara explains: HaTov that they were given for burial, and HaMeitiv that they didn’t decay.”
“The bodies remained whole. 1,900 years passed and history repeats – the entire people of Israel fought to bring our fallen to Jewish burial, and behold, the miracle also repeats itself. Ran Gvili returns whole in body, a wonder of wonders.”
“The Holy One Blessed Be He is the God of Israel. He loves us; the nations of the world, not so much. Unfortunately, we face antisemitism. We who rose up basically just want to survive, to live, and the world accuses us when we want to defend ourselves.”
“They hate us because we’re Jews, we’re the chosen people, we’re ‘a people that dwells alone,’ but we’re Jews and we must be proud of what we’ve merited. The people of Israel forever, and it won’t help anyone – we’ll be here eternally with God’s help.”
“It’s no secret we’re in a very difficult period,…
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