Hadar Goldin

IDF seals 16-kilometer Hamas tunnel where murdered soldier Hadar Goldin's remains were held

The IDF completed a three-month operation to seal a vast Hamas tunnel complex near the Philadelphi Corridor with more than 30,000 cubic meters of concrete.

JUNE 29, 2026|BySHOSHANA BAKER

IDF soldiers complete an operation to seal the underground tunnel in which the remains of Lieutenant Hadar Goldin were held captive by Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip. June 29, 2026.

LEO TERRELL in his Washington office wearing his Hadar Goldin hat, with hostage pictures in the background. Lt. Goldin died in a 2014 Hamas ambush in Gaza, with his body finally returned to be laid to rest in Israel this past Nov.

Leo Terrell’s civil rights roots fuel his fight against antisemitism

Fighting antisemitism is "personal to me," Leo Terrell tells the Magazine, as he leads a federal task force targeting threats to the Jewish community.

APRIL 24, 2026|ByEVE GLOVER

IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir salutes as he stands with the family of fallen soldier Lt. Hadar Goldin at his funeral in Kfar Saba Military Cemetery, November 11, 2025.

After 11 years, Hadar Goldin's family marks Remembrance Day with closure

Lt. Hadar Goldin's sister told KAN Reshet Bet that this is the first Remembrance Day that the family feels it can mark, given his remains were returned from Gaza after over 11 years in captivity.

APRIL 21, 2026|ByJAMES GENN

IDF soldiers stand at the entrance of a tunnel that Hamas used to attack Israel, in Beit Hanun, December 17, 2023

'Like a subway': IDF reveals Rafah tunnels where Hadar Goldin's remains were held

The tunnel stretched approximately seven to ten kilometers, leading to dozens of living quarters and Hamas command posts.

DECEMBER 14, 2025|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Jewish Agency calls on Diaspora to help return Hamas captives from Gaza

Goldin described Hadar as having an “unforgettable smile,” and whose mission in life was “to bring people together.”

FEBRUARY 23, 2020ByJEREMY SHARON

THE FAMILY OF Hadar Goldin protests last year in Jerusalem.

Naftali Bennett: To stop Gaza terrorism, focus on Iran and Syria

"I will do everything to prevent a third Lebanon war, a 14th Protective Edge, to go to the source, to go to the same people who pay $1b. a year to Hezbollah"

FEBRUARY 20, 2020ByTZVI JOFFRE

Defense Minister Naftali Bennett during a recent visit to the Syrian border

Goldin family: Don’t return bodies of Palestinians until our son is home

The family of missing IDF soldier Lt. Hadar Goldin has urged the government to stop returning bodies of Palestinians until their son is returned.

JANUARY 22, 2020ByANNA AHRONHEIM

The families of Hadar Goldin and Oron Shaul at a press conference, August 5, 2018

‘Get our sons out of Gaza just like you’re freeing Naama from Russia’

Hamas is also holding two civilian captives who wandered into Gaza: Ethiopian-Israeli Avera Mengistu and Bedouin-Israeli Hisham al-Sayed.

JANUARY 20, 2020ByTOVAH LAZAROFF

Leah Goldin, mother of Hadar, speaks at a press conference, August 5, 2018

Israel moving towards ‘calm’ agreement with Hamas

JANUARY 1, 2020ByLAHAV HARKOV, ANNA AHRONHEIM

Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh next to his destroyed office (REUTERS/Handout)

Katz: No arrangement with Hamas without returning Goldin and Shaul

“There will not be an arrangement without the return of the captives and missing soldiers, but there could be calm,” he told Army Radio.

DECEMBER 30, 2019ByLAHAV HARKOV

St.Sgt. Oron Shaul, whose remains are held by Hamas in Gaza

A parallel reality

One possible conclusion is that Israel is plagued by the existence of “parallel realities” – one experienced by the general public, and the other by its elected leadership.

DECEMBER 8, 2019ByMICHAL COTLER-WUNSH