Families of missing IDF soldiers call on government to push Hamas deal - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Rina Bassist

Rina Bassist

Apr 30, 2020

Israeli Zehava Shaul, the mother of slain Israeli soldier Oron Shaul, who was killed in Gaza during the summer of 2014's 50-day military campaign against Hamas and body's has not been recovered, speaks during a press conference on June 29, 2016 next to her husband Herzel (R) at their protest tent outside the prime minister's residence in Jerusalem.
Zur (L) and Ayelet Goldin whose brother Israeli army Lt. Hadar Goldin was also killed in Gaza and his body is believed to be held by Hamas, are also seen in the — Israeli Zehava Shaul, the mother of slain Israeli soldier Oron Shaul, who was killed in Gaza during the summer of 2014's 50-day military campaign against Hamas and body's has not been recovered, speaks during a press conference on June 29, 2016 next to her husband Herzel (R) at their protest tent outside the prime minister's residence in Jerusalem. Zur (L) and Ayelet Goldin whose brother Israeli army Lt. Hadar Goldin was also killed in Gaza and his body is believed to be held by Hamas, are also seen in the picture. — GALI TIBBON/AFP via Getty Images

GAZA, Feb. 24, 2020 -- Militants in the Gaza Strip fire rockets to Israeli cities on Feb. 24, 2020. Israeli war jets on Monday struck posts that belong to Palestinian militant group in Gaza Strip for the second day in a row, according to Palestinian security sources. Israeli army said in a press statement that it has began targeting Islamic Jihad posts in Gaza. (Photo by Yasser Qudih/Xinhua via Getty)

Gaza rocket shakes calm on border with Israel

Rina Bassist

In Paris, reporting on Israeli politics and European affairs

KHAN YUNIS, GAZA - MARCH 30: Leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip Yahya Sinwar greets Palestinians during a protest within the "Great March of Return" and "Palestinian Land Day" demonstrations at Israel-Gaza border in Khan Yunis, Gaza on March 30, 2019. (Photo by Abed Zagout/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Israel passes ball of prisoner exchange deal back to Hamas

Shlomi Eldar

Hamas security forces stand guard during a visit of newly elected Hamas chief, Ismail Haniya, to protesters taking part in a sit-in in support of Palestinian hunger-striking prisoners held in Israeli jails, on May 8, 2017, in Gaza City. / AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS (Photo credit should read MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel said to offer Hamas prisoner swap

Rina Bassist

In Paris, reporting on Israeli politics and European affairs

Should Israel use 54 Palestinian prisoners as bargaining chip?

Shlomi Eldar