A Hezbollah-affiliated channel says Hamas rejected an Israeli offer to return the remains of IDF soldiers Oron Shaul and Hadar Goldin in exchange for 15 Palestinian security prisoners and the bodies of eight terrorists.
The Al-Maydeen TV report is unconfirmed.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met yesterday with the head of the Red Cross, Peter Maurer, to ask for help in returning the remains of the soldiers. Both were declared as killed in action whose places of burial are unknown.
Staff Sgt. Oron Shaul, 20 years old, was a Golani Brigade soldier who was killed when his APC was hit in Shejaiya on July 20. Initially designated an MIA, his death was formally confirmed by the IDF’s chief rabbi on July 25. The family was told that he was designated a fallen soldier “whose place of death is not known.” He was from the northern town of Poriya.
Sgt. Oron Shaul, whose death in Gaza on July 20 was formally confirmed by the IDF on July 25 (Photo credit: Courtesy)
2nd.-Lt. Hadar Goldin, 23, was an officer in the Givati Brigade. He was killed during a firefight in Southern Gaza on August 1 at a time that was supposed to be a ceasefire. He was formally declared a fallen soldier whose place of burial is unknown. Goldin was from Kfar Saba.
2nd. Lt. Hadar Goldin, 23 from Kfar Saba, killed in Gaza on August 1 (photo credit: AP Photo/ YNet News)
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