How IDF finally recovered Hadar Goldin’s body a decade after killed
The breakthrough in locating Goldin’s body came as part of the military’s extensive ground operation in Rafah, which began in May 2024.
The breakthrough in locating Goldin’s body came as part of the military’s extensive ground operation in Rafah, which began in May 2024.
IDF forces uncovered a 7‑kilometer, 25‑meter‑deep tunnel in southern Rafah holding Hadar Goldin’s body and 80 rooms used by senior Hamas commanders to store weapons and plan attacks.
‘Look closely at this people and this family standing here today. The family of Israel is not to be messed with. We bring everyone home.’
Kidnapped during Israel’s 2014 Operation Protective Edge against Hamas in Gaza, Lt. Hadar Goldin was killed and his body taken into a tunnel, where it remained hidden until the current ceasefire.
‘I knew we would bring him home,” Netanyahu said. “We never gave up for a moment.’
The mother of IDF soldier Hadar Goldin, who was killed and had his body kidnapped by Hamas in 2014, speaks to i24NEWS after the Palestinian terror group revealed new details about her son’s abduction.
‘It’s not clear who is considered the enemy – if it’s the families [of the kidnapped soldiers] or the terror organization who holds the soldier hostage.’
The body of a young Druze-Israeli man who perished in a car accident was stolen from a Palestinian hospital by terrorists who thought he was an IDF soldier, hoping to demand a ransom for his return.
