Leah Goldin, mother of fallen IDF hero Hadar Goldin, blasts the government for failing to return her son’s body from Hamas captivity, warning that Israel is repeating the same moral failure after October 7.
In a searing and deeply emotional interview with 103FM Radio, Leah Goldin, the mother of fallen IDF Lieutenant Hadar Goldin, accused the Israeli government of betraying its soldiers’ sacred trust by failing to bring home those killed or abducted by Hamas.
Hadar, a brave officer in the Givati Brigade, was killed during Operation Protective Edge in 2014, and his body has been held in Gaza ever since—an open wound for Israel and a painful symbol of Hamas’s barbarism.
“The Prime Minister is not bringing the fallen home—he is misleading us,” Leah said bluntly. “They are leaving the deceased behind and abandoning them. We cannot continue to allow this to go on.”
With raw anguish, she compared the government’s current inaction to its failures of the past:
“From our perspective, October 7 was a failure for us—251 more hostages were added. As we have said for years: If you don’t bring back Hadar Goldin, there will be many more Hadar Goldins.”
Goldin lamented that despite a decade of promises, nothing has truly changed:
“It’s painful and frustrating to see that everything is the same. Things keep repeating themselves, and nothing changes. It’s unbearable.”
Recently returning from meetings abroad, Goldin revealed that she has been in contact with senior American and European officials who she believes hold the key to pressuring regional powers into action.
“The issue isn’t Hamas—they’re cursed terrorists and monsters. We don’t expect cooperation from evil. The ones who must bring back the deceased hostages, according to the agreements, are the countries who signed them,” she explained.
“The living hostages came home not because Hamas wanted it, but because Qatar and Turkey wanted it. The IDF is already there—what’s missing is the golden principle: our moral obligation to bring our sons home.”
Her remarks reignite Israel’s ongoing debate over the sacred covenant between the state and its soldiers—that no one is left behind, living or dead.
Goldin’s powerful call echoes through a nation still scarred by the horrors of October 7, when the failure to secure hostages became another devastating chapter in Israel’s collective trauma.
For many Israelis, her words are not just a cry of pain—but a reminder that the moral duty to bring home the fallen defines the very soul of the IDF and the nation itself.
