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August 11, 2014       Share:    

Source: http://www.jpost.com/Defense/Yaalon-Israel-working-to-retrieve-dead-body-of-soldier-held-by-Hamas-370714

Hamas Holds Body of IDF Soldier

(Jerusalem Post) Israel is utilizing diplomatic channels in hopes of retrieving the body of Staff Sgt. Oron Shaul, a soldier declared killed in action in Gaza last month, Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon said Sunday. Ya'alon told the Shaul family that the soldier's body was in the hands of Hamas, and that Israel will insist that the body be returned. "We are committed to bringing Oron to burial here in Israel," he said. "We won't rest until this happens, and we are dealing with this issue."

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