the commander of the militant squad, was caught a month after the abduction and was sentenced to life imprisonment. Over the years, Hamas sought to obtain his release in a prisoner swap deal in return for Gilad Shalit. The family of Ilan Saadon expressed strong opposition to this option, but he was released on October 18, 2011, as part of the Gilad Shalit prisoner swap deal. On November 19, 2001, a Golani Brigade force captured squad member Abed-Rabo Abu Jose in the Sg'aih neighborhood in Gaza. Squad member Mahmoud al-Mabhouh was killed in Dubai on January 20, 2010. The assassination is believed to be the work of the Israeli Mossad intelligence service. According to a Hamas statement, Al-Mabhouh had been involved in the 1989 abduction and killing of two Israeli soldiers, Avi Sasportas and Ilan Sa'adon, whose murders he celebrated by standing on one of their corpses. In a video taped two weeks before his death, and broadcast on Al-Jazeera in early February 2010, Mabhouh admitted his involvement, saying he had disguised himself as an Orthodox Jew. See also Abduction and killing of Yaron Chen, by Hamas Abduction and killing of Nissim Toledano, by Hamas Abduction and killing of Nachshon Wachsman, by Hamas List of kidnappings List of solved missing person cases Notes and references Citations Bibliography External links Sa'adon search expanded – published on the Jerusalem Post on May 15, 1989 Searches fail to find missing paratrooper – published on the Jerusalem Post on February 20, 1989 Hamas founder gets life in prison after plea bargain – published on the Jerusalem Post on October 17, 1991 Killers of kidnapped soldiers may be freed – published on the Ynet on October 12, 2011 1980s missing person cases 1989 murders in Israel Israeli casualties in the First Intifada Israeli murder victims Israeli people taken hostage Israeli terrorism victims Missing person cases in Israel Murders of IDF soldiers