Israel Receives Body Believed To Be Of Soldier Killed In Gaza In 2014 Conflict

The body recently received by the Red Cross from is allegedly of Lt. Hadar Goldin, an Israeli soldier killed more than a decade ago in Gaza, the military said on Sunday.

The 23-year-old soldier was killed on August 1, 2014 just before Israel withdrew its troops from Gaza and his body has been held by the militant group in Gaza since then.

Previously, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said tests to verify his identity will begin “immediately” after his body is handed over.

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On Sunday, Hamas said it would hand over Goldin’s body as part of the US-brokered ceasefire agreement

signed a month ago.

CNN quoted Goldin’s family saying in a statement on Saturday that the Israeli military chief had updated them on the on the “tremendous effort” to return his body.

According to CNN, if Goldin’s identity is confirmed, his return would bring the total number of deceased hostages still in Gaza to four.

According to a US-brokered ceasefire, led by President Donald Trump, that brought a pause to more than two years of war, the truce deal included the return of hostages, the recovery of bodies, and a limited Israeli pullback from parts of Gaza.

Recently, Reuters quoted an Egyptian security official as saying that Egyptian mediators have proposed that, in exchange for safe passage, fighters still in Rafah surrender their arms to Egypt and give details of tunnels there so they can be destroyed.