Following joint investigative efforts by the 433rd Lahav Brigade and the Shin Bet, a prosecutor's statement was filed this morning (Tuesday) regarding the intention to file an indictment against the Hamas terrorist who held the body of the fallen Sergeant Oron Shaul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In January 2025, the Shin Bet and the IDF embarked on Operation 'South Red', in which the kidnapped soldier, Sergeant Oron Shaul, was returned to Israel. He fell in the battle of Shajaiyah on July 20, 2014, during Operation Protective Edge, and his body was kidnapped by the terrorist organization Hamas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As part of the efforts to recover him, a covert operation was conducted to arrest Ibrahim Hilo, a Hamas terrorist in the Shati Brigade, who previously served as a platoon commander in the terrorist organization and in recent years has operated under the guise of a civilian merchant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As part of the Shin Bet and IHBL Lahav 433 investigations, information was received regarding Hilo's involvement in the detention of Sergeant Oron Shaul, the 14th - and he, as mentioned, was arrested and brought in for Shin Bet interrogation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As part of the investigations by Yachabal Lahav 433 and the Shin Bet, information was received regarding Hilo's involvement in the detention of Sergeant Oron Shaul, the late, and as stated, he was arrested and brought in for questioning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During his interrogation by the Shin Bet, it emerged that he had been holding her body for nearly ten years, and precise information was also received about the location where his body was kept - inside a store and a civilian building that was used for camouflage in Gaza City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a complex operation by the Shin Bet and Military Intelligence, just minutes before the ceasefire went into effect, the body of Sergeant Shaul was recovered and brought for burial in Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The operation was made possible thanks to a combined counterintelligence effort involving the Shin Bet, Military Intelligence, and the Lahav 433 Brigade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This morning, after Yachabal investigators compiled evidence, the Southern Prosecutor's Office submitted to the Beer Sheva District Court a prosecutor's statement regarding the intention to file an indictment against Ibrahim Hilo, accusing him of serious security offenses.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A year and a half after his arrest, it was revealed that terrorist Ibrahim Hilo provided during his interrogation the exact location where he held the body of Oron Shaul - which was returned to the Israel Grave. \u2022 The terrorist in the Shati Battalion, who previously served as a platoon commander in the terrorist organization and in recent years has operated under the guise of a civilian merchant","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":1075048,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[12152,607,1203],"class_list":["post-1075039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-24","tag-12152","tag-607","tag-1203"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n