The mother of IDF Staff Sgt. Oron Shaul, who was killed and captured by Hamas in 2014 and whose body was recovered in a recent operation that was announced this morning, says she didn’t think it would ever happen.
“I thought it wouldn’t happen and now it has happened. I’m very emotional and it’s hard for me to even speak,” says Zehava Shaul, according to the Ynet news site.
Shaul thanks “all those who made this supreme effort and returned Oron to me, including the prime minister and the security establishment. I hope they return all the hostages who are still in Gaza.”
Oron Shaul was killed during the 2014 Gaza war, known in Israel as Operation Protective Edge. Seven soldiers were killed in a deadly incident in Gaza City’s Shejaiya neighborhood, including Shaul, whose body was dragged away from the scene by Hamas operatives.
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