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Thousands gather for Hadar Goldin’s funeral after remains recovered from Gaza

Thousands of people attended the funeral of Hadar Goldin today, the Israeli soldier who was killed and captured in 2014 during the last major Israeli ground offensive in Gaza. His remains were recovered by Hamas last week and handed over to Israel.


A drone photo of people gathering on the day of the funeral of Hadar Goldin, an Israeli army officer killed in southern Gaza in 2014


Israeli soldiers carry the coffin of late Israeli captive soldier Hadar Goldin during his funeral in the military cemetery in Kfar Saba

He was killed in the 2014 50 Day Gaza war Operation Protective Edge leading to 2251 casualties (including 551 children and 299 women)