Israel views ‘with great severity’ Hamas’s withholding of Hadar Goldin’s body, official says

Israelis gather outside the family home of slain Hamas hostage Lt. Hadar Goldin, in Kfar Saba, November 8, 2025. (Tal Gal/Flash90)
Israelis gather outside the family home of slain Hamas hostage Lt. Hadar Goldin, in Kfar Saba, November 8, 2025. (Tal Gal/Flash90)

Israel views “with great severity” Hamas’s violation of the ceasefire deal by its delay of the return of the body of IDF officer Hadar Goldin, a diplomatic official says.

“Israel demands his return immediately,” the official says.

Hamas has given no official indication of when the ostensible body of Goldin is to be returned, and Israel has received no indication either. Hamas told Al Jazeera yesterday that it had located the remains of Goldin, whom the terror group killed and abducted amid a ceasefire during the 2014 Gaza war.

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