Editing Israeli MIAs (section)

==IDF prisoners of war==
[[File:Garden of the Missing in Action IMG 1299.JPG|thumb|Commemorative wall at the  [[Garden of the Missing in Action]]]]
In the [[Yom Kippur War]] 301 Israelis were captured by [[Syria]] and [[Egypt]], 232 of whom by the Egyptians, 65 by the Syrians and 4 by the Lebanese. The majority of them were captured in the first stage of that war. Some Israeli soldiers reported after their release about the difficult conditions they faced: they were severely beaten by their captors, sometimes making them unconscious, while many  reported that they were being investigated under [[torture]].<ref>{{cite web|author=|date=11 October 2012|url=http://mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFA-Archive/2004/Pages/Israeli%20MIAs.aspx|title= Israel's MIAs|work=[[Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs]]| accessdate=August 20, 2013}}</ref>

===Known Israeli MIAs===
* Yehuda Katz, an IDF soldier of the 362nd battalion declared missing after the [[Battle of Sultan Yacoub]] in [[Lebanon]] on June 12, 1982.<ref>{{cite web | last=Fischer | first=Elli | title=Yehuda, Tzvi, and Zachary: MIA for 30 Years | website=The Times of Israel | date=August 30, 2017 | url=http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/yehuda-tzvi-and-zachary-missing-for-30-years-tonight/ | access-date=April 2, 2018}}</ref>
* [[Ron Arad (pilot)|Ron Arad]], an IDF [[F-4 Phantom II]] navigator, was lost over [[Lebanon]] on October 16, 1986.<ref name="missing IDF">{{cite web|last  = Kaplan|first= Danny|title = Commemorating a Suspended Death: Missing Soldiers and National Solidarity in Israel|url = http://www.dannykaplan.org/articles/SuspendedDeathCirculatePrePublication.pdf|work= American Ethnologist Volume 35, Number 3 (August 2008)|accessdate = 18 October 2011 |issn = 0094-0496|url-status = dead|archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20120317004813/http://www.dannykaplan.org/articles/SuspendedDeathCirculatePrePublication.pdf|archivedate = 17 March 2012}}</ref>
* [[Guy Hever]] disappeared on duty in the [[Golan Heights]] on August 17, 1997.<ref name="missing IDF"/>

=== October 7th and aftermath ===
{{See also|Gaza war hostage crisis|2023 Israeli–Palestinian prisoner exchange|2025 Gaza war ceasefire}}
During the Hamas [[October 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel|October 7 invasion of Israel]], 251 people were abducted from Israel into the Gaza strip. Of these, at least 23 were IDF soldiers, while the rest were Israeli civilians (both Jewish and non-Jewish), and foreign workers. Seven of the soldiers taken hostage were taken from the Nahal Oz military base, near the [[Kibbutz Nahal Oz]], during the [[Nahal Oz attack]]. All seven were females.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/as-idf-releases-audio-of-lookout-troops-on-oct-7-families-complain-footage-edited/|title=As IDF releases audio of lookout troops on Oct. 7, families complain footage edited|publisher=[[The Times of Israel]]|date=24 December 2024|first=Emanuel |last=Fabian}}</ref> [[Rescue of Ori Megidish|One was rescued]] three weeks after being taken hostage, the body of another was recovered in November 2023{{efn|Her body was recovered from [[Al-Shifa Hospital]]<ref name="Ynet-2024-01-07"/>}}, and the other five were released in January 2025 as part of the [[2025 Gaza war ceasefire|second Gaza war ceasefire]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Magramo |first=Akanksha Sharma, Kathleen |date=2023-10-31 |title=Israeli forces rescue soldier held by Hamas in special operation, IDF says |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/31/middleeast/idf-ori-megidish-rescue-hamas-hostage-intl-hnk/index.html |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=CNN |language=en |archive-date=14 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240214181140/https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/31/middleeast/idf-ori-megidish-rescue-hamas-hostage-intl-hnk/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Ynet-2024-01-07">{{cite news|title=IDF soldier Noa Marciano was killed in Shifa hospital. Her father calls release of its director a 'knife to the heart'|url=https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rkrom11xdr|date=7 January 2024|first=Hadar|last= Gil-Ad|publisher=[[Ynet]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=IDF soldiers released from captivity were held by senior Hamas terrorist – report|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-soldiers-released-from-captivity-were-held-by-senior-hamas-terrorist-report/|date=4 February 2025|publisher=[[The Times of Israel]]}}</ref> The remainder of the soldiers taken captive include Colonel [[Asaf Hamami]], the highest ranking officer whose body was abducted, Sergeant Major Muhammad Alatrash an Israeli from the [[Bedouin]] community, and Edan Alexander, an Israeli-American citizen.<ref>{{cite news|title=With new Gaza fighting, 4 IDF widows worry the bodies of their fallen husbands won't return|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/with-new-gaza-fighting-4-idf-widows-worry-the-bodies-of-their-fallen-husbands-wont-return/|date=19 March 2025|publisher=[[The Times of Israel]]|first=Diana |last=Bletter}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/edan-alexander-american-hostage-hamas-israel-ceasefire-6f3f08b0359d8b9953c134174c59a870|title=Father of the last living American hostage in Gaza hopes Trump can bring his son home|publisher=[[AP News]]|first=Sam| last=Mednick|date=March 22, 2025}}</ref> Alexander was released on May 12, 2025 as a "gesture of goodwill toward [[President of the United States|US President]] [[Donald Trump]]."<ref>{{cite news|title='A gesture of goodwill toward Trump,' Egyptian official says on Edan Alexander release deal|date=May 12, 2025|agency=[[Maariv]]|url=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-853595}}</ref>

In addition to the soldiers taken hostage in the October 7 invasion of Israel, Hamas also holds the body of Lieutenant [[Hadar Goldin]] who fell in battle during the [[2014 Gaza War]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/once-again-hadar-goldin-may-be-left-behind/|title=Once again, Hadar Goldin may be left behind|date=27 January 2025|publisher=[[The Times of Israel]]|first=Tal |last=Schneider}}</ref>