High Court orders state to respond to petition of bereaved family

6 November 2017, 5:43 pm

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The High Court of Justice is giving the state 10 days to respond to a petition filed earlier today by the bereaved family of an IDF soldier whose body is being held in the Gaza Strip by the Hamas terrorist group.

The family of Lt. Hadar Goldin is requesting the court order the government to implement the “plan of action” adopted by the security cabinet earlier this year that called for further pressure to be levied against Hamas until the bodies of Goldin and Sgt. Oron Shaul, along with the living Israelis being held in the Palestinian territory, are returned.

In January, the security cabinet announced a number of measures aimed at pressuring Hamas into returning the Israeli civilians and the remains of the two soldiers.