Goldin is the second soldier so far during Operation Protective Edge to be recognized as killed in action with his burial location unknown, after the army came to the same conclusion with Oron Shaul, killed near the beginning of the operation in Shejaiya.
Unlike with Shaul, though, Hamas claimed to have have no knowledge of Goldin’s whereabouts, saying earlier he had likely been killed along with other fighters during a heavy shelling of Rafah by Israeli forces.
IDF troops had searched for Goldin in the area throughout Friday and Saturday, effectively cutting Rafah off from the rest of the strip. The statement by the IDF will likely allow them to draw down the search.
Reports indicated that some of his personal effects had been found inside a Hamas tunnel.
A senior IDF officer told NRG news that Goldin had been standing right next to Gidoni and Sarel when the blast that killed them went off.
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