Clock counting hostages' captivity stopped following retrieval of Ran Gvili's body

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'This clock can be stopped – and we can begin to walk again, to breathe with relief, to mourn,' said Shira, the sister of Ran Gvili, the final deceased hostage to return to Israel, at Tel Aviv's Hostage Square. 'I wanted the world to stop with us if Rani wasn't coming back – and now he is here'

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Hundreds of people gathered on Tuesday evening at Tel Aviv's Hostage Square to watch the stopping of the clock that had been counting the days, hours and minutes that the Israeli hostages had been held in Gaza.