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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 616

Hadar Goldin

Leah Goldin, the mother of Lt. Hadar Goldin, whose body has been held in Gaza since 2014, delivers a statement to the press at the UN Security Council, accompanied by Israel's Ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, on May 15, 2025. (Screenshot, UN Web TV)
May 16, 2025, 4:39 am
Slain hostages’ parents, Israeli envoy urge UNSC to act on missing persons mandate
Parents of captives whose remains are held by Hamas join UN Ambassador Danon in calling for enforcement of 2019 resolution mandating the return of missing persons in armed conflict
By Nava Freiberg
Simcha Goldin, father of fallen and abducted Israeli soldier Lieutenant Hadar Goldin, whose body is still held by Hamas in Gaza. July 9, 2024. (Yossi Aloni/FLASH90)
January 27, 2025, 3:57 pm
Once again, Hadar Goldin may be left behind
Even after the phase 2 of the Hamas-Israel deal, 35 bodies will still be held in Gaza. Among them: Lieutenant Hadar Goldin, killed and abducted in Gaza, during a ceasefire, in 2014
By Tal Schneider
Shahar Yaori, whose son Amit Yaori was killed fighting in Gaza in 2014, confronts Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the state ceremony marking 10 years since Operation Protective Edge at the Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem, July 16, 2024. (Shalev Shalom/POOL)
July 16, 2024, 9:37 pm
Netanyahu heckled by bereaved parents at ceremony marking 10 years to 2014 Gaza war
Sister of Hadar Goldin says brother’s absence a ‘symbol of abandonment, complete failure’; Gallant: Israel must investigate failures in decade between Protective Edge, October 7
By ToI Staff and Lazar Berman
Leah Goldin, mother of late Israeli soldier Hadar Goldin, attends a press conference, August 5, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
November 21, 2023, 1:50 pm
9 years after Hadar Goldin’s capture in Gaza, fight to declare him ‘kidnapped’ continues
During a 2014 Hamas ceasefire, Leah Goldin’s soldier son was killed and his body secreted within the Gaza Strip. His remains weren’t part of any subsequent agreement. How about now?
By Tal Schneider
US President Joe Biden and President Isaac Herzog, during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, Oct. 26, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
July 17, 2023, 1:50 pm
Herzog heads to DC, hoping to bridge the Biden-Netanyahu divide
President will be feted in US capital, a sharp contrast with continued White House criticism of government over settlements, judicial overhaul
By Lazar Berman
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a memorial event for his brother Yoni, in front of Yoni's grave (foreground) at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, June 25, 2023. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
July 13, 2023, 1:24 pm
Man indicted for leaving threatening letter to Netanyahu on grave of PM’s brother
Prosecutors say Kfar Saba resident, 26, demanded PM secure release of body of Hadar Goldin, the suspect’s youth group counselor; suspect says he ‘escaped’ mental health institution
By ToI Staff
From left to right: Avera Mengistu's mother Agarnesh Mengistu, his sister Tsige Engidaw, Lt. Hadar Goldin's mother Leah Goldin, First Sergeant Oron Shaul's brother Ofek Shaul, Hisham Al-Sayed's father Shaaban Al-Sayed and mother Manal Al-Sayed pose in front of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Geneva, on July 5, 2023. - (GABRIEL MONNET / AFP)
July 6, 2023, 8:22 am
Families of Israelis held in Gaza visit Geneva, seeking help from UN, Red Cross
Relatives meet with UN human rights chief Volker Turk, and vice-president of the International Committee of the Red Cross Gilles Carbonnier
By AFP and ToI Staff
Members of the crowd turn their backs on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he speaks at a pilot graduation ceremony at the Hatzerim Air Base, June 29, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
June 30, 2023, 12:48 am
Herzog warns pilots against refusing to serve as anti-overhaul protests heat up again
Demonstrators turn backs on Netanyahu at pilot graduation ceremony, block Tel Aviv highway as government presses ahead with unilateral changes to justice system
By ToI Staff
File: Families of Abera Mengistu and Hisham al-Sayed hold a press conference calling for the release of the two Israeli citizens from Hamas captivity, on September 6, 2018. (Hadas Parush/FLASH90)
January 3, 2023, 6:09 pm
Comptroller slams undefined role of Israeli negotiator for release of Gaza captives
Matanyahu Englman says PMO never detailed post’s responsibilities, has only ‘minimal’ information about work done; captive’s relative says meeting had been ‘void of content’
By Emanuel Fabian
The families of Israeli captives and slain IDF soldiers held in Gaza meet with Pope Francis in the Vatican, December 21, 2022. (Israel's Embassy in the Vatican)
December 21, 2022, 3:20 pm
Hosting families of Israelis held by Hamas, pope pledges to work to bring them home
In Vatican meeting with relatives of captives and slain soldiers whose bodies remain in Gaza, pontiff says he will liaise with governments and Muslim religious leaders
By Lazar Berman
A masked member of Hamas holds up the supposed weapon of slain Israeli soldier Hadar Goldin, as the terror group's Gaza leader Yahya Sinwar looks on during a rally, December 14, 2022 (Video screenshot)
December 14, 2022, 9:58 pm
Hamas, celebrating its anniversary, brandishes gun of IDF soldier killed in 2014
Terror group says window for return of slain soldiers’ bodies is closing as it issues various threats against the Jewish state
By Jack Mukand
Screen capture from video showing a protest by activists campaigning for the return of the remains of Israeli soldiers held in the Gaza Strip, who blocked the entry into Israel of Gazans, September 18, 2022. (Twitter. used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 18, 2022, 6:27 pm
Relatives of soldier whose body is held in Gaza Strip impede Gazans entering Israel
Activists campaigning for return of remains of Hadar Goldin and others stop convoy bringing workers into the country, demand pressure on Hamas
By ToI Staff
Leah Goldin (C), mother of late Israeli soldier Hadar Goldin whose body has been held by Hamas since the 2014 Gaza conflict, is prevented along with others from proceeding by Israeli police forces in the southern Israeli kibbutz of Karmia on August 5, 2022. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
August 5, 2022, 7:52 pm
Prevented from reaching Gaza border, Goldin family, supporters scuffle with cops
Hundreds joined bereaved family in protest over inaction in returning bodies of soldiers, civilians held by Hamas; Hadar Goldin’s mother: Former PMs were too scared to act
By ToI Staff
Troops block roads near the border with the Gaza Strip on August 3, 2022 (Flash90)
August 3, 2022, 12:04 pm
IDF bolsters troops to secure Gaza-area roads amid fears of Islamic Jihad attack
Military stays on alert after arrest of West Bank terror chief, deploying 100 reservists, 3 conscript companies near Strip; air defenses ready for possible rocket fire
By Emanuel Fabian
A Palestinian woman walks past a destroyed building in the al-Rimal commercial district in Gaza City on May 22, 2021, following a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian terror groups. (Emmanuel Dunand/AFP)
July 31, 2022, 7:55 pm
Hamas claims Israel bombed facility holding captive remains of IDF soldier last year
Gaza terror group says strike occurred during May 2021 war, killing one of its guards; Israeli official calls it a lie meant to drum up interest
By Emanuel Fabian
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