JAKARTA - Israeli authorities on Sunday confirmed the repatriation of the body of one of its military officers by Hamas after 11 years, bringing the total number of hostages still in the Gaza Strip to four bodies out of the total number that had to be repatriated 28 bodies.
The militant group Hamas handed over the body, which is said to belong to Lieutenant Hadar Godin, who was killed in the war in Gaza in 2014. His body was handed over by Hamas to the Red Cross in southern Gaza to be handed over to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
The IDF then took the body to the Abu Kabir forensic institute in Tel Aviv to undergo identification.
After confirming, the military representative has informed the family of Lieutenant Hadar Goldin that his body has been returned to Israel by Hamas.
"The Israeli government is deeply sorry for the Goldin family and the entire family of the hostages who died," read a statement from the Prime Minister's Office quoted from The Times of Israel on November 10.
Lieutenant Godin was killed along with two of his colleagues from the Gigati Brigade reconnaissance unit who were intercepted by Hamas in the war on August 1, 2014. His body was then with Hamas for approximately 4,118 days before being discharged yesterday.
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Meanwhile, Godin's parents, Leah and Simcha are grateful for the return of their son's body after 11 years in Gaza.
In implied criticism of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and political leaders, Simcha Goldin praised "IDF, and no one", for carrying the body of his son, a fighter soldier ofravati who died in Gaza in 2014, back to Israel for burial.
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