Oron Shaul (Hebrew: אורון שאול) and Hadar Goldin (Hebrew: הדר גולדין) were two Israeli soldiers killed in the 2014 Gaza War. Hamas initially said they had been captured alive, although the IDF later announced the soldiers were dead.

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On 1 August during the 2014 Gaza War, Hamas militants emerged from a tunnel and attacked an Israeli patrol in Rafah, thereby violating an ongoing humanitarian ceasefire.^[14] Killing two Israeli soldiers, the militants returned to Rafah through a tunnel, bringing the body of Givati Brigade Lieutenant Hadar Goldin with them.^[15] Israel at first believed that the militants had abducted Goldin and were holding him, but later determined that he had also been killed.^[16] The IDF Rabbinate later declared the Goldin deceased for the purposes of Jewish burial and grieving rituals and buried the remains.^[17]

On August 11 Israeli Minister of Defense, Moshe Ya'alon visited the Shaul family to inform them that the government was making every effort to retrieve their son's body from Hamas.^[18][19]

There was coverage of the request for Hamas to return the bodies of Shaul and Goldin in international media through the late summer and early fall of 2014.^{[20][21][22][23]}

The question of whether Israel should release convicted Palestinian militants in exchange for Hamas' agreement to release the bodies of the 2 dead soldiers ignited a heated political debate within Israel.^[24][25] Apparently referring to the 2 bodies, Hamas official Mushir al-Masri boasted that "Hamas has bargaining chips that forced Israel to succumb to Palestinian demands. The indirect negotiations mediated by the Egyptians may in the future lead to a new prisoner swap deal in which many Palestinian prisoners are freed." on his Facebook page.^[26]

Ongoing negotiations for the exchange of Palestinian prisoners held in Israel for the bodies of the 2 MIAs have been the focus of international press coverage.^[27][28][29]

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