Netanyahu: No long-term deal in Gaza without return of missing soldiers

Jerusalem, 2 September, 2018 (TPS) -- There will be no long-term understandings with Hamas in Gaza without the return of the remains of  Sgt. Oron Shaul and Lt. Hadar Goldin, who were killed in action in  Operation Protective Edge in 2014, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told the families of the missing soldiers during a meeting Sunday. Two Israeli civilians, Ethiopian-born Abera Mengistu, and Hisham al-Sayed, are also being held by Hamas since crossing the border into Gaza in 2014 and 2015, respectively. Both men suffer from mental illness.