Ibrahim Hilo, a former Hamas platoon commander who later worked as a merchant, held the body of IDF soldier Oron Shaul in an ice cream freezer in a shop below his home in Gaza City's Sheikh Radwan neighborhood from 2014 until its rescue in January 2025, according to ynetnews as cited in an X post by IsraelWarRoom published over the past hour. Oron Shaul was murdered in Gaza in 2014, after which Hamas held his body hostage for more than 10 years, the X post stated. Hilo served as a Hamas platoon commander in 2014 before becoming a merchant in the Sheikh Radwan area, per the ynetnews report. The revelation emerged during the reporting window from 4:47 PM to 6:16 PM UTC on January 23, 2026, with no additional official statements from Israeli or Palestinian authorities available in sources reviewed in this period.
