Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon says Israel is continuing to make efforts to return the bodies of two IDF soldiers — Oron Shaul and Hadar Goldin — who were killed in battle in the Gaza Strip last summer, and whose remains are believed to be held by Hamas.
On Monday night, the family of Shaul said it was being kept in the dark on the progress of efforts to return the bodies. “We have a feeling at the moment that Oron has been forgotten,” his father, Herzl, told Channel 2 News.
Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Ahead of Memorial Day, Ya’alon paraphrases the Bible in saying Israel’s bereaved families are “the pillar of fire before the camp of Israel” and “a paragon of exceptional human bravery.
“Your choice to live, despite the difficulty that others will never understand, is a symbol and a subject of endless admiration for us all,” Ya’alon says.
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