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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Melanie Lidman and Kareem Chehayeb

Hamas says it will hand over an Israeli soldier whose body has been held in Gaza since 2014

Israel Palestinians - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Hamas announced it will hand over on Sunday afternoon the body of an Israeli soldier who was killed in 2014 and who has been held in Gaza since then. His remains are the only ones held in Gaza since before the latest, two-year war between Israel and Hamas.

The return of the soldier, Hadar Goldin, would be a significant development in the U.S.-brokered truce and close a painful, 11-year saga for his parents, who spearheaded a campaign, along with the family of another soldier whose body was taken in 2014, to bring their son home for burial.

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