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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 373

Simcha Goldin

Almog Meir Jan, 21, captive in the Gaza Strip, from the Supernova desert rave on October 7, 2023 (Courtesy Aviram Meir)
October 15, 2023, 10:21 pm
After 8 months of captivity, Almog Meir Jan rescued by IDF from central Gaza
21-year-old was taken hostage from Supernova desert party near Re’im
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
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
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
Russian COVID vaccines delivered from the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah to the Gaza Strip on February 17, 2021 (courtesy)
February 17, 2021, 12:12 pm
After delay, Israel allows transfer of first COVID vaccine doses to Gaza
Hamas claims the shots are to be given to at-risk groups, but Israeli MKs warn they’re more likely to go to the terror group’s leaders
By Aaron Boxerman
Friends of late Israeli soldiers Oron Shaul and Hadar Goldin wear masks as they protest for the return of their remains, outside the Knesset on July 1, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 2, 2020, 9:25 pm
At Protective Edge memorial, Netanyahu says he is working to return captives
Father of slain IDF serviceman Hadar Goldin criticizes prime minister, who addressed gathering by video only, accuses government of ‘six years of continuing neglect’
By ToI Staff
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
August 30, 2019, 4:23 pm
LISTEN: Introducing ‘People of the Pod,’ a new podcast by ToI and AJC
Episode #1: Leah and Simcha Goldin on the fight to bring their soldier son’s remains home; an in-depth look at the status of Israeli women with activist Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll
By ToI Staff
Simcha Goldin, the father of slain IDF soldier Hadar Goldin, stands with a 10 meter (32 foot) tall inflatable rooster at a demonstration outside the Knesset on August 14, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
August 14, 2019, 4:27 pm
Father of slain IDF soldier protests with giant inflatable rooster at Knesset
Right-wing demonstrators demand an ‘Israeli victory’ over the Palestinians, say chicken represents ‘cowardice of past policies against Hamas’
By ToI Staff
Left to right: Oron Shaul, Hadar Goldin and Avraham Mengistu. (Flash90/The Times of Israel)
July 24, 2019, 12:47 am
Hamas says ‘real opportunity’ for prisoner swap if Israel gets serious
Spokesman claims Netanyahu government hasn’t inquired into well-being of Ethiopian-Israeli captive Mengistu, in apparent effort to poke at recent racial tensions in Jewish state
By ToI Staff
Leah Goldin in an interview with Channel 12 on July 17, 2019. (Screen capture/Channel12)
July 18, 2019, 1:44 am
Mother of fallen soldier says PM ‘hasn’t done anything’ to retrieve son’s body
Leah Goldin says she was called to Netanyahu’s office for urgent meeting, only to be told premier wanted to send parents of Hamas captives to UN event which they’d attended before
By ToI Staff
Simcha Goldin, father of late Israeli soldier Hadar Goldin whose body is held by Hamas, speaks at a protest calling on the government to return the bodies of his son and fellow late Israeli soldier Oron Shaul outside the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv on August 10, 2018. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
April 28, 2019, 10:50 am
Goldin family lashes Syrian prisoner release as ‘missed opportunity’
Family whose soldier son’s remains are held in Gaza says prisoners freed in ‘goodwill gesture’ should have been part of a larger exchange involving Hamas
By ToI Staff
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)
April 5, 2019, 8:35 am
Family of soldier missing in Gaza ‘moved’ by return of Zachary Baumel’s remains
But parents of Lt. Hadar Goldin say IDF should apply same ‘courage and determination’ to repatriating body of their son
By Marcy Oster
Left to right: Oron Shaul, Hadar Goldin and Avraham Mengistu. (Flash90/The Times of Israel)
December 6, 2018, 8:50 pm
Ahead of UN vote, Netanyahu says he hasn’t forgotten captives held by Hamas
‘We are committed to bringing them home,’ PM vows regarding Israeli citizens and soldiers’ bodies in the hands of Palestinian terror group in Gaza
By ToI Staff
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