JERUSALEM, June 28 (UPI) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday urged United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to help secure the release of Israeli civilians and bodies of Israeli soldiers held by Hamas.
Netanyahu met with Ban in Jerusalem, as well as the families of Lt. Hadar Goldin and Sgt. Oron Shaul, Israeli soldiers who were killed in the 2014 Israel-Gaza conflict. Hamas has not returned the bodies of the soldiers, according to Israeli officials.