PRESIDENT Donald Trump greets Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday — and said the US is doing “everything we can” to secure the release of the final Gaza hostage.
The parents of Ran Gvili, the final hostage still inside Gaza after being taken captive during the October 7 attacks, accompanied Benjamin Netanyahu to Florida to meet Trump yesterday.
Mr Trump is reportedly frustrated at the sluggish progress of the peace process he brokered in October, as it can’t move to stage two – which involves Hamas disarming and international peacekeepers being deployed – until all 48 remaining hostages, including 28 bodies, are returned.
All but one are now home, with the remains of anti-terror cop Ran Gvili, 24, still hidden somewhere in the Gaza tunnels.
Ahead of the talks, Trump told reporters outside his Mar-a-Lago home: “We have one wonderful young man whose parents are right now inside.
“What beautiful parents, a beautiful brother, sister and a beautiful family. And they’re waiting for the son – he’s the only one left.
“We’re doing everything we can to get his body back.”
The US president went on to warn Iran that the US will ‘knock the hell’ out of the regime if it tries to rearm.
He said: “I hear that Iran is trying to build up again, and if they are, we’re going to have to knock them down, we’ll knock them down, we’ll knock the hell out of them.
“But hopefully that’s not happening. I heard Iran wants to make a deal. If they want to make a deal, that’s much smarter.
“You know, they could have made a deal the last time, before we did a big attack on them.”
Trump added that “Hamas must disarm” before moving to second phase of ceasefire.
Ran’s mum Talik, 55, pleaded with all sides to stick to the deal, telling The Sun: “We will not give up until Rani comes home and my message to the politicians is simple – don’t forget my son. I have to have faith that Donald Trump will do the right thing and I am praying all the time that he will.”
Sergeant Gvili was taken hostage and later died after bravely fighting Hamas terrorists on October 7 despite being off work at the time with a broken shoulder due to a motorbike crash.
