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Leah Goldin

Leah Goldin, the mother of Lt. Hadar Goldin, who was killed in 2014 in Gaza, speaks at his funeral in a military cemetery in Kfar Saba on November 11, 2025. (Abir SULTAN / POOL / AFP)
November 11, 2025, 3:20 pm
‘No one left behind’: After 11 years, Hadar Goldin laid to rest with words of love and reckoning
Tens of thousands attend funeral for officer killed in Gaza in 2014 war and held there until this week; father says Israel ‘abandoned’ his son, ‘became addicted to money, honor, and power’
By Jessica Steinberg, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Simcha and Leah Goldin give a statement about the return of the body of their son, Hadar Goldin, on November 9, 2025, after it was held in Gaza for 11 years. (Alon Gilboa/ Hostages Forum)
November 9, 2025, 10:53 pm
‘Hero of Israel’: After 11 years in Hamas captivity, Lt. Hadar Goldin’s body brought home
Lamenting years of inaction by government, parents thank ‘IDF and no one else’ for long-awaited return, which becomes a symbol of national resilience and remembrance
By Emanuel Fabian, Jessica Steinberg and Sam Sokol
A poster of Hadar Goldin, the Givati commander killed in combat in Gaza in 2014, his poster at Tel Aviv's Hostages Square on October 28, 2025. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
November 8, 2025, 10:27 pm
Hamas claims to recover body of Hadar Goldin, IDF soldier killed and abducted in 2014 war
No news yet of planned return of Goldin’s body, amid reports terror group demanding safe passage for trapped gunmen in return; IDF chief visits Goldin family to update them
By Emanuel Fabian, Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Leah Goldin, left, and Simcha Goldin, the parents of Israeli soldier Hadar Goldin whose body is held by Hamas in Gaza, attend a Tel Aviv rally calling for the release of hostages on July 12, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
July 31, 2025, 4:46 am
Mother of lone remaining hostage held since before Oct. 7 marks 11 years of hope and grief
Leah Goldin can’t fathom the endless wait to bury her son Hadar, killed and abducted in 2014 war, and still feels the pain of exclusion after attack that brought hundreds more into her world
By Jessica Steinberg
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
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
Bereaved parents of Hadar Goldin and other family members and supporters gather outside the state memorial ceremony for Operation Protective Edge at Mount Herzl on July 23, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
July 24, 2022, 10:15 pm
Marking 8 years son’s body held by Hamas, Goldins to march from Kfar Saba to Gaza
Family calls on public to join them in rally, says current government following path of previous ones in doing nothing to return Hadar, Oron Shaul, Avera Mengistu, Hisham al-Sayed
By ToI Staff
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Leah Goldin, mother of late Israeli soldier Hadar Goldin, attends a press conference, August 5, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
December 20, 2021, 12:23 pm
Leah Goldin’s fight for her son Hadar
Justin sits down with Leah Goldin to learn about how she tragically was forced to transform overnight from a mother and into an activist as she fights to bring her beloved son, Hadar Goldin (z’l) back to Israel.
Leah, right, and Simcha Goldin, parents of late Israeli soldier Hadar Goldin whose body was kidnapped by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, attend a press conference in Ramat Gan, April 25, 2018. (Flash90)
July 15, 2021, 5:43 pm
Bennett meets with family of fallen IDF soldier held by Hamas
PM tells Hadar Goldin’s parents ‘my door is always open to you,’ amid reports of possible prisoner exchange deal with Gaza-ruling terror group
By ToI Staff
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin speaks with members of the media after meeting with US President Joe Biden in the Oval Office June 28, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP)
June 30, 2021, 10:06 am
In US, Rivlin proudly shows off inclusion of Islamist Ra’am in Israeli coalition
In farewell tour, president highlights his work for Jewish-Arab coexistence; unoptimistic Leah Goldin tries to get UN chief to force Hamas to hand over her soldier son’s remains
By Tal Schneider
President Reuven Rivlin (middle seated) with a group of 21 UN ambassadors in New York on June 29, 2021. (Shahar Azran)
June 29, 2021, 11:14 pm
At UN, Rivlin makes plea to PA’s Abbas: ‘It’s our role to end conflict’
President meets with UN chief Guterres, 21 ambassadors, urges them to oppose investigations and resolutions against Israel, which he says make peace more difficult to achieve
By Jacob Magid
Palestinian workers recycle metal rods from the rubble of a building destroyed by Israeli air strikes during an 11-day conflict last month, in Gaza City on June 29, 2021. (MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)
June 29, 2021, 7:21 pm
US opposes conditioning Gaza reconstruction on return of IDF troops’ bodies
As Israel seeks to link post-war rebuilding in the Strip with prisoner swap, Biden administration concerned demand will derail Cairo negotiations aimed at maintaining ceasefire
By Jacob Magid
Palestinians receive financial aid from Qatar at a post office in Gaza City, November 27, 2019. (Hassan Jedi/Flash90)
June 15, 2020, 12:07 pm
Israel said to let $50 million in Qatari aid into Gaza; balloon attacks to halt
Defense Minister Gantz, who railed against paying ‘protection’ to Hamas during election campaign, mum on report of such a deal under his watch
By Judah Ari Gross
Attendants at a Beersheba rally for the return of Israeli civilians and slain Israeli soldiers held in the Gaza Strip, February 26, 2020 (YouTube screenshot)
February 27, 2020, 6:44 am
Thousands rally for Israelis held in Gaza as families blast government inaction
In Beersheba, father of slain soldier Hadar Goldin says leadership ‘has taken us to the polls three times but hasn’t done a thing’ to bring back Hadar, Oron Shaul or Abera Mengistu
By ToI Staff
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