Operation protective edge

On this day: Bodies of Gil-Ad Shaer, Naftali Frenkel, and Eyal Yifrah found in West Bank

The murder of the three teenagers led to the IDF’s invasion of Gaza the next week, launching the 2014 Gaza War, also known as Operation Protective Edge.

Eyal Yifrah, Gil-Ad Shaer and Naftali Fraenkel (L-R).
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.

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

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas chairs the first meeting of the Palestinian unity government, June 2, 2014.

On This Day: Fatah, Hamas factions form short-lived 'Palestinian Unity Government' to rule over PA

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


Israel agrees to exchange prisoners for bodies of IDF soldiers killed in 2014 war

The proposal was forwarded to Hamas, but they have not yet responded.

Protestors outside Tel Aviv Hashalom train station demand the return of Hadar Goldin and Oron Shaul, July 8, 2021.

IDF destroys Hamas statue dedicated to killing of Golani soldiers

On July 20, 2014, an armored personnel carrier carrying seven soldiers of the Golani’s 13th Battalion detonated an explosive device it had driven over in Shejaia. All seven on board were killed.

 The Golani Brigade's 13th Battalion pose in front of Hamas statue dedicated to killing of soldiers from their unit. December 18, 2023.

Communications officer discusses importance of communication in war

When the war broke out on October 7, Roei was at home and was woken by sirens at 6:30 in the morning.

 IDF Communications officer on the northern border, October 2023

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