The police announced that "tonight we will accompany the last kidnapped fallen soldier, Staff Sergeant Rani Guaili, a YASAM fighter and hero of Israel, who was among the first to go into battle and the last to return." The police stated that "a team of YASAM fighters, Rani's friends, will wait at the border crossing and escort him with the honor befitting a hero of Israel. Israel Police shares in the family's grief, embraces them, feels their pain and will continue to support them."