Israel has received a body that Hamas claims is that of Lt. Hadar Goldin, an Israeli soldier killed more than a decade ago in Gaza, the Prime Minister’s Office said on Sunday.
Goldin was killed in the final days of the 2014 war between Israel and Hamas and his body has been held in Gaza since then.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said earlier that tests to verify his identity will begin “immediately” after his body is handed over.
As with previous hostage returns, Hamas handed what it said was Goldin’s body to the the International Red Cross, which then transferred it to the Israeli military. The handover was part of the ceasefire agreement that brought the worst of…
