Israeli Defense Forces fighters, heavy equipment, and police dentists initiated a large-scale search operation for Ran Guili between 9:46 a.m. and 10:16 a.m. UTC on January 26, 2026, which a senior Israeli official described as "one of the largest operations ever in the field of prisoners and missing persons," according to Nitzan Shapira on Telegram. Amit Segal reported the involvement of heavy equipment, IDF fighters, and dentists from the police in the effort to return Ran Guili, with new details and photos from the searches shared via a linked Mako article cited by Shapira this morning. The operation details emerged in the 30-minute reporting window, focusing on the recovery of the missing individual, as stated by the senior official to Shapira.
