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flag Israel retrieved Sgt. Maj. Oron Shaul’s body, lost since 2014, via a covert operation using intelligence and a detained Hamas figure, before a ceasefire.

flag In January 2025, Israel recovered the body of Sergeant Major Oron Shaul, killed in 2014 during the Gaza war, through a covert operation involving intelligence from a seized computer and a detained Hamas figure. flag Israeli forces lured a former Hamas commander, Ibrahim Hilo, to a warehouse, where he confessed the body was stored in a freezer under his home. flag To avoid endangering hostages, a Palestinian Arab collaborator retrieved the body at night under cover of artillery fire and delivered it to Israeli forces just hours before a ceasefire began. flag The mission, conducted by IDF, Shin Bet, and Military Intelligence, concluded successfully, and Shaul was buried in Israel after more than a decade.

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