US EditionRed Cross receives body of a hostage in Gaza that Hamas claims is Israeli soldier Hadar Goldi
- On Saturday, November 8, 2025, Hamas said it recovered Lieutenant Hadar Goldin’s body from a tunnel in Rafah’s Al‑Janina neighbourhood during a ceasefire while Israeli forces continued assaults.
- Goldin’s case dates to August 1, 2014, when Lieutenant Hadar Goldin was killed during a ceasefire and Hamas fighters took his body into a tunnel, leaving the case unresolved for years.
- Israeli media reported that Israel permitted Hamas and Red Cross teams to search an Israeli-controlled area on Saturday, but neither Hamas nor the Israel Defense Forces confirmed this, with the latter saying Hamas recovered seven bodies but could not verify Goldin's.
- Hadar Goldin’s case now tests Israel’s balance as Hamas uses his remains for leverage, while Israeli leaders including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insist accounting must be part of Israel’s negotiation and truce frameworks.
- US-Mediated talks involving Qatar and Egypt note that Gaza’s Health Ministry received 15 bodies via the Red Cross, bringing total returns during the ceasefire to 300.
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Hamas returns body it says is Israeli soldier killed in 2014
Hamas returned on Sunday what it said was the body of another Israeli hostage the terrorist group has held captive in Gaza, appearing to mark a positive development for the fragile Gaza ceasefire. Hadar Goldin, 23, was an Israeli soldier who was killed in 2014 and the only hostage who was taken captive before Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, attack. His family has spent the past 11 years campaigning for the body’s return, with Goldin’s remains being among…
Hadar Goldin died in 2014, his body remains in the Gaza Strip although he was not captured in the attack of October 7, 2023.
Hamas Returns Remains of Soldier Killed in 2014
The Red Cross received the remains of another hostage in Gaza on Sunday, but it's an unusual case: Hamas said the remains are from an Israeli soldier who was killed in 2014, per the AP . The militant group said it found the body of Hadar Goldin in a tunnel in...
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