IDF Spokesperson Daniel Hagari delivers a statement to the media as the ceasefire was supposed to come into effect and following the recovery of the body of Oron Shaul, a decade after he fell in Operation Protective Edge.

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The IDF and Shin Bet Spokesperson announced on Sunday morning that they recovered the body of IDF soldier Oron Shaul, which had been held captive in Gaza since 2014.

Alian served as the chief of the Golani Brigade during the 2014 Operation Protective Edge when Shaul's body was kidnapped.

“The three released hostages are now being escorted by an elite IDF unit and Shin Bet force and are on their way back to Israel, where they will undergo an initial medical evaluation,” the military said.

“For more than a year and three months, the IDF has been fighting Hamas and has important achievements – we have defeated Hamas’s military wing and eliminated the organization’s chain of command and its leader, Yahya Sinwar,” Halevi says following a visit to northern Gaza’s Beit Hanoun.

Despite the lack of an increase in Shin Bet warnings, the Central Command decided to take a number of steps in preparation for an escalation, including troop movement from Gaza to the

Bar also said that the release of terrorists is expected to increase the motivation to carry out attacks in the West Bank.

The operation to retrieve the body from northern Gaza was carried out jointly by the military's commando units and the Shin Bet security agency

Shaul's remains were rescued in a covert operation just hours before the Israel-Hamas ceasefire was set to go into effect.

IDF special forces and the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) have retrieved from Gaza the body of long-lost soldier St.-Sgt. Oron Shaul, the military announced on Sunday. On July 20, 2014 ...

Two suspects were arrested in the joint Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), Israel Police, the Counterterrorism Unit (Yamam), and the IDF operation. Both were from the northern West Bank town of ...