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Translated by: Flutura Gashi-Mehmeti
- November 9, 2025 13:18
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Hamas has announced that it will hand over on Sunday afternoon the body of an Israeli soldier who was killed in 2014 and has been held in Gaza since then.
The return of the soldier, Hadar Goldin, would be a significant development in the U.S.-brokered ceasefire and would end a painful 11-year saga for his parents, who led a campaign, along with the family of another soldier whose body was retrieved in 2014, to bring their son home for burial, the AP reports.
According to the statement, Hamas said it found Goldin's body in a tunnel in the enclave's southernmost city, Rafah, on Saturday.
Goldin was killed on August 1, 2014, two hours after a ceasefire came into effect, ending that year's war between Israel and Hamas.
Israeli media, citing anonymous officials, have reported that Hamas was delaying the release of Goldin's body in the hope of negotiating safe passage for more than 100 militants surrounded by Israeli forces and trapped in the enclave's southernmost city, Rafah.