Israel Says Hamas Knows Where the Bodies of Hadar Goldin and Col. Asaf Hamami Are Buried

As tensions rise over Hamas’s sluggish response to international pressure, Israeli officials believe the terror group is deliberately withholding the remains of key fallen soldiers, including Hadar Goldin and Colonel Asaf Hamami.

According to a Channel 13 News report released Monday night, intelligence assessments indicate that Hamas is aware of the burial sites of at least ten hostages who were killed, among them Goldin and Hamami. Despite this, the terror group is reportedly refusing to return their bodies because they have become “symbols.”

Hamami, the commander of the IDF’s Southern Brigade in the Gaza Division, was one of the first senior officers to fall on the morning of October 7. He was taken along with two other soldiers during the surprise Hamas invasion. Goldin, a Givati Brigade officer, was captured and killed during Operation Protective Edge in 2014 and has been held by Hamas ever since.

The new revelations come as Israel grows increasingly impatient with Hamas’s continued stalling. Earlier in the evening, Hamas returned the body of another fallen hostage.

Israeli officials say that while Hamas has the capability to retrieve and release the bodies, it is deliberately holding onto figures like Goldin and Hamami due to their symbolic significance, a move seen as part of the group’s ongoing psychological warfare against Israel.

{Matzav.com}