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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
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
A composite photo of IDF soldiers Oron Shaul, left, and Hadar Goldin, right.
April 8, 2020, 7:03 pm
Top Hamas official says terror group willing to enter prisoner swap talks
Musa Dudin urges Israel to make use of ‘window of opportunity,’ but says Netanyahu not serious about reaching understanding with Hamas; Egyptian military said to offer to mediate
By Jacob Magid
Left, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on December 22, 2019. (AP/Tsafrir Abayov, Pool). Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar meets with the head of the Central Elections Commission, Hanna Nasser, in Gaza City on October 28, 2019. (AP/Khalil Hamra)
April 7, 2020, 6:36 pm
Netanyahu: Israel ready for ‘constructive action’ to return captives from Gaza
PM responds to Hamas leader, who floated ‘humanitarian measure’ in which it will provide ‘something partial’ in exchange for release of female, elderly prisoners
By Jacob Magid
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)
November 17, 2019, 6:21 pm
Netanyahu meets with parents of slain soldiers whose bodies are held by Hamas
Parents of Hadar Goldin say PM pledged that Israel would not agree to long-term ceasefire with the Gaza rulers unless it included return of soldiers’ remains
By ToI Staff
Leah Goldin, right, and her husband Simcha 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)
November 17, 2019, 12:57 pm
Parents of soldier slain in Gaza slam PM: ‘Ceasefire is abandonment of captives’
Ahead of meeting with prime minister, parents of Hadar Goldin, whose body is believed held by Hamas since 2014, note that their son was kidnapped during a ceasefire
By ToI Staff
A composite photo of IDF soldiers Oron Shaul, left, and Hadar Goldin, right.
November 9, 2019, 7:35 pm
Top Israeli negotiator denies progress on talks for prisoner swap with Hamas
Yaron Blum says Palestinian terror group’s stance ‘unrealistic’ after report in Arabic version of the Independent says both sides are in Cairo for Egyptian-mediated negotiations
By ToI Staff
Yahya Sinwar, the Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip, speaks to foreign correspondents in his office in Gaza City, May 10, 2018. (Khalil Hamra/AP)
November 3, 2019, 8:29 pm
Hamas head said to deny progress on prisoner swap, as no government to talk to
Israeli official says negotiations moving ahead, but Hamas making ‘crazy’ demands in exchange for return of captives and soldiers’ remains
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
Yaron Blum, coordinator for negotiating the return of POWs and MIAs, on April 3, 2019 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 5, 2019, 10:44 pm
Top negotiator: No true rehabilitation for Gaza until missing Israelis returned
Yaron Blum says Israel ‘leaving no stone unturned and sparing no efforts’ to bring back slain soldiers Oron Shaul and Hadar Goldin, as well as captured civilians
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)
September 2, 2018, 7:46 pm
Family of slain IDF soldier say PM doing ‘nothing’ to retrieve son’s remains
After meeting PM, parents of Hadar Goldin, whose body is believed held by Hamas, blast ceasefire negotiations with terror group
By ToI Staff
Armed members of the Hamas terror group take part in a march in the streets of Gaza City to mark the first anniversary of a deal which saw the exchange of 1,027 Palestinian security prisoners for captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, on October 18, 2012. (Wissam Nassar/Flash90)
May 17, 2018, 10:41 pm
Israel denies rejecting Hamas prisoner swap offer
Coordinator for return of Israelis held in Gaza calls on terror group to turn to unnamed mediator if it wants ‘to get the process moving’
By ToI Staff
Avraham Avera Mengistu, who is believed to be held captive by Hamas in the Gaza Strip. (Facebook)
April 25, 2018, 4:12 pm
Netanyahu tells family of Israeli held by Hamas of new ‘opportunities’
PM updates relatives of Avera Mengistu about ‘diplomatic and covert’ efforts being made to return captive Israelis
By Stuart Winer
Parents of late Israeli soldiers Oron Shaul and Hadar Goldin speak with the press at the protest tent outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem on June 29, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
April 9, 2018, 8:57 pm
Netanyahu meets families of IDF soldiers whose remains are held by Hamas
Prime minister assures relatives of Hadar Goldin and Oron Shaul that government is working in ‘open and covert ways’ to return their bodies
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
The brother of Avraham Mengistu speaks with the media at their home in Ashkelon, after a gag order was been lifted over Mengistu's disappearance in the Gaza Strip, on July 8, 2015. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
October 25, 2017, 12:21 pm
Brother of Israeli held in Gaza says world needs to press Hamas
Ilan Mengistu, whose brother Abera is captive of terror group, welcomes new negotiator, laments country’s apathy
By Judah Ari Gross
Manal al-Sayed holds up a picture of her son Hisham, held captive in Gaza by the Hamas terrorist group, in 2016. (Yoav Lemmer/AFP)
October 23, 2017, 2:01 am
Unlike slain soldiers, Israeli civilians missing in Gaza largely overlooked
4 Israelis are known to have illicitly crossed into Strip in the past 3 years, yet race, mental illness and complexities of the situation keep the issue on the back burner
By Judah Ari Gross
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