"list of 4 itemsend of list Formal identification of Lieutenant Hadar Goldin, 23, has not yet been confirmed by Israeli authorities. At the start of a weekly cabinet meeting, Netanyahu said holding the body for so long has caused great agony for his family, which will now be able to give him a Jewish burial. Lieutenant Hadar Goldin fell in heroic combat during Operation Protective Edge, Israel's leader said."
"The Qassam Brigades, Hamas's military wing, said the body was retrieved on Saturday from a tunnel in the Yebna refugee camp in Rafah in southern Gaza. Goldin was killed on August 1, 2014, two hours after a ceasefire took effect and ended that year's war between Israel and Hamas. He was part of an Israeli unit tasked with locating and destroying Hamas tunnels."
"If the body is identified as Goldin's, there will be four deceased abductees remaining in Gaza to be returned under the terms of a ceasefire that began last month. Hamas has so far released 20 living captives and 23 bodies. For each body returned, Israel has been releasing the remains of 15 Palestinians."
The International Committee of the Red Cross handed remains transferred by Hamas to Israeli forces in Gaza that may be those of Lieutenant Hadar Goldin. Formal identification of the 23-year-old has not yet been confirmed by Israeli authorities. Goldin was killed on August 1, 2014, two hours after a ceasefire, while serving in a unit targeting Hamas tunnels during Operation Protective Edge; Hamas said the body was retrieved from a tunnel in Rafah. If identified as Goldin, four deceased abductees will remain in Gaza. Hamas has released 20 living captives and 23 bodies; Israel has released the remains of 15 Palestinians per returned body. Ahmed Dheir reported 300 bodies returned and 89 identified, and Israel has released nearly 2,000 living Palestinian prisoners since October 1.
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