Hamas turns over body said to be Israeli soldier Hadar Goldin, killed and taken in 2014

Hamas has handed implicit remains believed to beryllium Hadar Goldin, an Israeli worker who was killed successful 2014 and his assemblage held arsenic a bargaining spot for implicit 4,000 days, Israel said Sunday.

Goldin was serving arsenic a lieutenant successful the Israel Defense Forces’ (IDF) Givati Brigade erstwhile helium was killed connected Aug. 1, 2014, 2 hours aft a 72-hour ceasefire took effect that ended that year’s warfare betwixt Israel and Hamas.

"We are owed to person the assemblage of Lt. Hadar Goldin this afternoon," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced astatine a authorities gathering earlier Sunday. "We person a bequest from the founding of the authorities – from the War of Independence to the War of Redemption – to instrumentality our soldiers who fell successful battle, and we are doing that."

Hamas announced that it recovered Goldin’s assemblage successful a passageway successful Gaza’s southernmost metropolis of Rafah connected Saturday and would instrumentality the assemblage Sunday day section time.

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Hadar Goldin, an Israeli service serviceman killed successful confederate Gaza successful the 2014 Israel-Hamas war, is pictured successful this undated handout photo. (Courtesy of Bring Them Home Now/Handout via Reuters)

Netanyahu's bureau announced Sunday that Israel received a coffin from the Red Cross wrong the Gaza Strip. His bureau said the remains inactive person to acquisition an authoritative recognition process by the Health Ministry National Center of Forensic Medicine, aft which, the household volition person notification.

Goldin's assemblage was held successful Gaza for 4,118 days. As portion of the U.S.-brokered bid deal, the Hamas panic radical is expected to instrumentality the remains of each its hostages, astir of whom were taken during the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks.

Freed Israeli hostage Matan Angrest holds a photograph of Hadar Goldin, an Israeli worker killed successful 2014 whose assemblage has been held successful Gaza since then, during a rally calling for the instrumentality of the deceased hostages who are held by Hamas successful the Gaza Strip, successful Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Goldin’s parents spent 11 years spearheading a run to bring their lad location for burial.

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"Those who wantonness the dormant volition wantonness the wounded and the living," Goldin’s household repeated implicit the years.

Israel initially believed Goldin was kidnapped and being held captive, though aboriginal determined that the worker had been killed aft uncovering grounds – including a blood-soaked garment and supplication fringes – successful a passageway wherever Goldin was taken.

Since the ceasefire began past month, Hamas has released the remains of 23 hostages. For each Israeli hostage returned, Israel has been releasing the remains of 15 Palestinians.

The warfare began with the Hamas-led Oct. 7 onslaught connected confederate Israel, successful which 251 radical were kidnapped and 1,200 killed successful Israel, mostly civilians.

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Earlier this year, the Israeli subject retrieved the assemblage of different worker who was killed successful the 2014 war.

Fox News' Yonat Friling and The Associated Press contributed to this report.