Operation protective edge

'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.

IDF soldiers stand at the entrance of a tunnel that Hamas used to attack Israel, in Beit Hanun, December 17, 2023
Tzur Goldin speaks at an event to remember his twin brother, Hadar.

Hadar Goldin's brother warns West of hostage-taking threat: 'This is not only an Israeli story'

Security forces apprehend Marwan al-Hamas, November 20, 2025.

Detained Hamas terrorist knew where Hadar Goldin's remains held - IDF, Shin Bet

LT. HADAR GOLDIN is laid to rest at the military cemetery in Kfar Saba last Tuesday.

Remembering Lt. Hadar Goldin and the heroism of Capt. Eitan Fund - opinion


Ex-pres. Obama: 'How Israel prosecutes this fight matters'

The ex-president wrote that "any Israeli military strategy that ignores the human costs could ultimately backfire."

U.S. President Barack Obama looks up during his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York September 21, 2016.

Hamas publishes photos of IDF tags snatched from Israeli soldier

The terrorist group did not provide further details about the dog tag, which carried the name of the Givati Brigade.

 A dog tag Hamas says it seized during the ambush in which IDF soldier Hadar Golin was kidnapped in 2014.

Herzog, Goldin ask Guterres to help bring home Israeli captives

Goldin called it “a day full of hope, the greatest since my Hadar fell in battle defending the state, thanks to the leadership of President Herzog.”

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

'Do I need to set myself on fire?' Goldin family tells Netanyahu at memorial

Ayelet Goldin, Hadar's sister, called out to Netanyahu "You are guilty, prime minister. You are abandoning soldiers and civilians."

 Friends, family and activists hold a protest march calling for the return of killed Israeli soldiers Oron Shaul, Hadar Goldin and captive Israeli citizen Avera Mengistu near Ashdod, August 5, 2022

Hamas terrorist and brother of Hadar Goldin kidnapper freed to Gaza

Yusuf Masoud was arrested in 2003 and convicted of launching rockets at the Gush Katif settlement bloc before the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.

 Palestinian terrorists attend Hamas rally Solidarity with Al-Aqsa in Jabalia, northern Gaza April 7, 2023

Police halt hostage march due to IDF Gaza strike, clash with families

The activists started out on Wednesday from the Goldin family home in Kfar Saba and had intended to finish the event at the Erez Crossing into Gaza.

March of family members of Gaza hostages

We must take responsibility for captured Israelis - editorial

We owe it to Sayed and Mengistu, and to our national collective consciousness that takes responsibility for the well-being of fellow Israelis.

 Screenshot from Hamas video of Hisham al-Sayed

Remembering Israel's fallen: Hero after hero

On Mount Herzl, row after row, hero after hero — All Israel's fallen soldiers are a personal matter for Israelis.

 Soldiers stand at attention during the 2022 Remembrance Day ceremony.

High Court rules to close case of four Gazan boys killed in Protective Edge

Four boys were accidentally killed in Gaza during Protective Edge when the military was carrying out a strike on suspicious targets.

IDF ARTILLERY CORPS members fire retaliatory strikes into Gaza in May.

Reuven Magen, IDF veteran who survived attack in Gaza war, dies at 27

A soldier in the 53rd Armored Regiment, Magen was wounded and survived after a mortar shell exploded during Operation Protective Edge in 2014.

IDF FORCES operate inside the Gaza Strip during Operation Protective Edge