The body of Master Sgt. Ran Gvili, the last Israeli still unaccounted for after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack, was returned from Gaza, ending more than two years of waiting. Gvili, a 24-year-old police officer killed while defending Kibbutz Alumum, was brought home for burial 843 days after he was taken captive.

“The first to go, the last to leave,” his mother posted on Facebook. “Our hero.”

Israel is now expected to reopen the Rafah crossing, Gaza’s border with Egypt and its key outlet to the outside world, the next phase of the ceasefire.

A banner of Ran Gvili is seen at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv.

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Hundreds of mourners attended the funeral of Ran Gvili.                                     Kobi Wolf/Getty Images photo