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Oron Shaul

Staff Sgt. Oron Shaul (Courtesy)
June 4, 2026, 1:56 pm
Hamas operative indicted for allegedly holding Oron Shaul’s body in fridge in Gaza
Ibrahim Hilu said to have hidden remains of the 20-year-old IDF soldier, killed in 2014 war, until they were recovered by the IDF in January 2025
By Charlie Summers
Staff Sgt. Oron Shaul (Courtesy)
June 2, 2026, 5:02 pm
Hamas operative who allegedly held Oron Shaul’s body in Gaza to be charged this week
Ibrahim Hilu reportedly kept the remains of the 20-year-old soldier, killed in 2014 war, in a fridge under his shop in Gaza City, where they were recovered by the IDF in January 2025
By Charlie Summers
Staff Sgt. Oron Shaul (Courtesy)
January 23, 2026, 11:24 am
Oron Shaul’s body was recovered after kidnapping, mile-long march by Gaza informant — report
Ynet report says IDF discovered intel that soldier’s body was held in Gaza City fridge; fridge owner was kidnapped by special forces; local informant went in to bring body to Israel
By ToI Staff
Freed Israeli hostage Matan Angrest holds a photo of Hadar Goldin during a rally calling for the return of the deceased hostages who are held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025. (AP/Mahmoud Illean)
November 9, 2025, 5:10 pm
After decade of deadlock, return of Hadar Goldin’s body may bring closure to captive nation
Fallen soldier was held by Hamas since 2014, but Israel failed for years to recover his body and others, possibly planting seeds of conflict that would precipitate his eventual return
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
Zehava Shaul mourns at the grave of her son, IDF Staff Sgt. Oron Shaul, who was killed and captured by the Hamas terror group in 2014, at his funeral in Poria Illit in northern Israel, January 20, 2025. Shaul's body was returned to Israel from Gaza in a clandestine Israeli operation on January 19, 2025. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
January 20, 2025, 4:37 pm
Soldier Oron Shaul, whose body was recovered from Gaza, laid to rest in Israel
President apologizes it took so long to bring home soldier who was killed and captured by Hamas in 2014, vows to bring back all 94 hostages still in the Strip
By ToI Staff
Staff Sgt. Oron Shaul (Courtesy)
January 19, 2025, 8:56 am
Body of soldier Oron Shaul, killed and captured by Hamas in 2014, recovered from Gaza
Covert operation to bring remains of slain troop back to Israel carried out by special forces; leaders vow to return body of Hadar Goldin, another soldier killed in 2014 war
By Emanuel Fabian
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
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
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
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
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
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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