{"id":2508495,"date":"2025-11-09T11:58:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T16:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hamas-returns-body-it-says-is-israeli-soldier-killed-in-2014\/"},"modified":"2025-11-09T11:59:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T16:59:26","slug":"hamas-returns-body-it-says-is-israeli-soldier-killed-in-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hamas-returns-body-it-says-is-israeli-soldier-killed-in-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamas returns body it says is Israeli soldier killed in 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhamas-returns-body-it-says-is-israeli-soldier-killed-in-2014%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2508495&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Hamas has returned the body it claims is that of Hadar Goldin, an Israeli soldier killed in 2014 and held captive by Hamas as then. This marks a notable development in the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas brokered last month by former President Donald Trump.Goldin&#8217;s family had been campaigning for the return of his remains for 11 years. The body was transferred to the International Red Cross after being found in a tunnel in Rafah and is now undergoing forensic testing in Israel for confirmation. If verified, this would mean that Hamas has returned 24 out of 28 deceased hostages, with the remaining four bodies delayed due to Hamas citing difficulties locating them amid Gaza&#8217;s rubble. <\/p>\n<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described Goldin as a heroic soldier whose family will finally be able to lay him to rest in Israel. As part of the ceasefire terms, Israel has been releasing Palestinian remains in exchange.The Gaza peace plan includes phased steps, with the return of all hostages as the first phase and subsequent phases calling for Hamas&#8217;s full disarmament, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/veterans-advocates-slam-white-house-for-lack-of-plan-to-evacuate-afghan-interpreters\/\" title=\"Veterans\u2019 Advocates Slam White House for Lack of Plan to Evacuate Afghan Interpreters\">military withdrawal<\/a> from Gaza, and dismantling of terrorist infrastructure. Special envoys involved in the ceasefire negotiations are expected to visit Israel to discuss progressing to the next <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >peace plan phase<\/a>, which also offers economic development opportunities for Gaza. Hamas has indicated willingness to disarm, although skepticism remains about their commitment.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Hamas returns body it says is Israeli soldier killed in 2014<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2391935\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hamas\/\">Hamas <\/a>returned on Sunday what it said was the body of another Israeli hostage the terrorist group has held captive in Gaza, appearing to mark a positive development for the fragile<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gaza\/\"> Gaza<\/a> ceasefire.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hadar Goldin, 23, was an Israeli soldier who was killed in 2014 and the only hostage who was taken captive before Hamas&rsquo;s Oct. 7, 2023, attack. His family has spent the past 11 years campaigning for the body&rsquo;s return, with Goldin&rsquo;s remains being among the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3873443\/hamas-returns-body-american-israeli-idf-soldier-omer-neutra\/\">28 deceased hostages <\/a>ordered to be handed over to Israel under the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3829269\/trump-20-point-plan-end-war-gaza\/\">terms of the ceasefire <\/a>between Israel and Hamas that President Donald Trump brokered last month.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3879431\/mexican-authorities-thwart-alleged-iranian-assassination-attempt-israeli-ambassador\/\">Mexican authorities thwart alleged Iranian assassination attempt on Israeli ambassador<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3879506\/putin-ally-denies-rumor-sergey-lavrovs-ouster\/\">Putin ally denies rumor of Sergey Lavrov&#8217;s ouster: &#8216;Completely untrue&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3879175\/watch-live-trump-meets-with-hungary-viktor-orban\/\">WATCH LIVE: Trump meets with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Hamas transferred the body it said was Goldin&rsquo;s to the International Red Cross over the weekend after finding his remains in a Rafah tunnel <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/israel-news\/article-873134\">on Saturday<\/a>. The Red Cross handed over the body to the Israeli military. Israel is conducting forensic testing in Tel Aviv for final confirmation,<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/israel-news\/article-873216\"> according to <\/a>the <em>Jerusalem Post<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If the body is confirmed to be Goldin, Hamas will have returned 24 out of 28 of the hostages. Delivery of the bodies of Meny Godard, Ran Gvili, Dror Or, and Sudthisak Rinthalak has stalled due to claims from Hamas that it is struggling to locate remains it says are buried in the rubble of war-torn Gaza.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the start of a weekly Cabinet meeting on Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Goldin &ldquo;fell in a heroic battle during Operation Protective Edge, 11 years ago.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;His body was abducted by Hamas, which refused to return it throughout this entire period. During all these years, we in the governments of Israel have made great efforts to bring him home. All this time, his family has endured deep anguish, and now they will be able to lay him to rest in the land of Israel,&rdquo; Netanyahu said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Freed Israeli hostage Matan Angrest holds a photo of Hadar Goldin, an Israeli soldier killed in 2014 whose body has been held in Gaza since then, 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 Photo\/Mahmoud Illean)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For each hostage returned, Israel has been releasing the remains of 15 Palestinians.<\/p>\n<p>The first phase of Trump&rsquo;s 20-point peace plan for Gaza calls for Hamas to return the remains of all hostages before moving into the second phase of the agreement.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Special envoy <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3856736\/witkoff-kushner-israel-gaza-ceasefire-meetings\/\">Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner<\/a>, the diplomatic team that spearheaded the Gaza ceasefire, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/israel-news\/article-873233\">are expected <\/a>to travel to Israel on Monday to discuss closing the first phase and transitioning into the second phase of the peace plan, which includes provisions mandating Hamas&rsquo;s full disarmament. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/most-of-bidens-1-9-trillion-coronavirus-relief-bill-has-nothing-to-do-with-public-health\/\" title=\"Most Of Biden\u2019s .9 Trillion Coronavirus Relief Bill Has Nothing To Do With Public Health\">plan calls<\/a> for a full Israeli military withdrawal from Gaza and offers amnesty to Hamas fighters. In exchange, Hamas must give up its weapons, dismantle its military apparatus, and destroy any terrorist infrastructure in Gaza.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3879642\/kevin-roberts-heritage-foundation-drama-antisemitism-divided-conservative-movement\/\"><strong>WHY THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION DRAMA OVER ANTISEMITISM HAS DIVIDED THE CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Hamas has always indicated that they would disarm. They&rsquo;ve said so &mdash; they said it to us directly,&rdquo;&nbsp; Witkoff said<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vNWTgRL7FQU\"> during remarks<\/a> last week at the America Business Forum conference in Miami.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I hope that they keep their word because if they do, they&rsquo;ll understand that the development plan that we have for Gaza is really terrific &mdash; a lot better than anyone has ever discussed before,&rdquo; he continued, adding that it will include a &ldquo;tremendous jobs program.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hamas returns body claimed to be Israeli soldier killed in 2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2508498,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25312689609992.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[19354,66753,5237,50400,66752],"class_list":["post-2508495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-19354","tag-body-return","tag-conflict","tag-hamas-2","tag-israeli-soldier"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25312689609992.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2508495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2508495"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2508495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2508500,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2508495\/revisions\/2508500"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2508498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2508495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2508495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2508495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}