ISRAEL has finally received the remains of an IDF soldier after a more than a decade-long wait.
Israeli officials said the remains it received on Sunday from Hamas were those of Lieutenant Hadar Goldin, an Israeli officer killed in the 2014 Gaza war.
Goldin’s body has been held in Gaza since his death. Until now, Hamas had never acknowledged his death nor possession of his remains.
Israeli media reported on Saturday that Israel had allowed Hamas and Red Cross personnel to search in an area under Israeli control in Rafah to locate Goldin’s remains.
“Lieutenant Hadar Goldin fell in heroic combat during Operation Protective Edge” in 2014, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at the weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday.
“His body was abducted by Hamas, which refused to return him throughout this entire period.”
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