Oron Shaul

IDF, Shin Bet reveal details of secret Gaza City mission to recover Oron Shaul's remains

In a series of clandestine operations, the IDF and Shin Bet put together more and more pieces of a complex puzzle until they located Shaul's remains. 

IDF soliers operate in the Gaza Strip, September 28, 2025.
 IDF soldiers from Division 162 operate in the Gaza Strip on September 12 2024.

IDF officer recounts Jabalya IED blast, mission to recover Oron Shaul's body

 Major-General Rasan Alian visits the family of St.-Sgt. Oron Shaul. January 19, 2025.

'Our Oron has returned home': COGAT, Golani chiefs visit Oron Shaul's family

A hostage poster of Oron Shaul is seen as people gather in solidarity with hostage families at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, January 18, 2025.

Bringing Oron Shaul home proves Israel’s unbreakable bond with its soldiers – editorial


Hamas threatens families of captured Israelis: 'accept our terms'

The post and video were released in the midst of ceasefire negotiations between Hamas and Israel.

Mengistu, Goldin and Shaul

IDF does not need to give more data to family of Oron Shaul to prove death

Shaul has been presumed dead since the war after the IDF rabbinate declared, based on a variety of evidence, that he was killed in action.

Israel's High Court of Justice

Oron Shaul's mother attacks ex-IDF chiefs Gantz, Yaalon for entering politics

"As a private individual, I like him, but as a military man he didn't do his job [...] and if he did do the job than it was one big failure," Shaul said.

 Zehava Shaul, mother of the late IDF soldier Oron Shaul in a video in which she appeals to Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar

Greenblatt: ‘Pray with me’ for release of Hamas-held Israeli captives

The Mengistu and al-Sayed families also issued a call on Thursday for the release of the two men, both of whom suffer from mental illness.

Jason Greenblatt, US President Donald Trump's Middle East envoy.

Goldin and Shaul

Who possibly can’t feel the pain and anguish of the Goldin and Shaul families?

Lt. Hadar Goldin (left) and St.-Sgt. Oron Shaul were killed in action in the war against Hamas in 2014

Goldin, Shaul families: We've lost faith in Netanyahu

“Bibi, learn from Trump!” Hadar Goldin's mother Leah said at the Sunday press conference.

Leah Goldin, mother of missing soldier Hadar Goldin, at a Jerusalem press confrence July 5, 2018

Goldin, Shaul families challenge gov’t, Hamas

Zehava Shaul, Oron’s mother, told the conference she believes the time has come for Israeli and Gazan leaders to come to a solution in the case.

 THE PARENTS and twin brother of IDF Lt. Hadar Goldin announce their intent to petition the High Court of Justice to force the government to do more to get Hamas to release the remains of their son. (Flash90)

Mother of lost soldier to 'Post': We hear only silence, a terrible silence

The Goldin family skipped the official ceremony marking four years since Operation Protective Edge, demonstrating outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's residence instead.

Leah Goldin (C) and Zehava Shaul (R), whose sons were killed during 2014's Operation Protective Edge, demonstrate outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's residence, July 3, 2018

A Goldin story: valiant, inspiring – alone, ignored

“Reverse the equation: Hamas holds our sons’ bodies = Hamas pays the price!”

Lt. Hadar Goldin (left) and St.-Sgt. Oron Shaul were killed in action in the war against Hamas in 2014

Palestinians to U.N. states: ‘Don’t let settlers enter your country’

“Practical measures are needed against the settlers, including preventing them from entering your country,” Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki said.

Vehicles drive on Highway 443 past the West Bank Jewish settlement of Beit Horon