Overview
- Large crowds attended the military funeral as senior IDF figures, including Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Eyal Zamir, paid tribute.
- Zamir declared, “Now we can say Protective Edge is over,” marking a symbolic close to the 2014 conflict in which Goldin fell.
- Family members used the eulogies to criticize years of official inaction on bringing hostages and remains home.
- This was a second funeral for Goldin, following a ceremony held 11 years and three months earlier when his burial place was unknown.
- Goldin was 23 at the time of his death and is survived by his parents, siblings, and fiancée, with Major (res.) Eitan Fond in attendance after previously retrieving evidence that confirmed Goldin’s fate.