Itay Svirsky
Posted on 12/04/2024 1:07:18 PM PST by Red Badger
Israel conducted a daring mission Wednesday to retrieve the body of a hostage who was kidnapped and murdered, and published an analysis that concluded that six other hostages were murdered by Hamas, not killed by an airstrike.
Hamas has often claimed that Israeli hostages who have died in captivity were killed by Israeli airstrikes. The purpose of such claims is to dissuade airstrikes on Hamas terrorists, and to demoralize the Israeli public. Such inadvertent strikes have occurred, and last December Israeli soldiers mistakenly shot and killed three escaped hostages in northern Gaza who were trying to signal to them, and who were mistaken for terrorists luring soldiers into a trap.
However, in the cases of Yagev Buchstab, Alexander Dancyg, Avraham Munder, Yoram Metzger, Nadav Poppelwell, and Haim Perry, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) concluded that Hamas had likely executed them. In a published report, the IDF said:
The pathological examination found indications of gunshots on the bodies of the hostages, while no gunshot wounds were found on the bodies of the terrorists. Due to the extended time that had passed, it was not possible to determine with complete certainty the precise cause of death of the hostages or the exact timing of the gunfire. It is highly probable that their deaths were related to the strike near the location where they were held. According to the most plausible scenario, the terrorists shot the hostages close to the time of the strike. However, it is also possible that the hostages were shot by other terrorists post-mortem; it is even possible that the hostages were killed prior to the strike in the area.
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Itay Svirsky
Look at that sweet face. My heart breaks for their families.
Me, too.
That report a while ago that as IDF was closing in some Hamas hostage holders killed a few more so they wouldn’t be saved reminded me of the concentration camps in WWII where guards made sure to kill the Jews who had reached out to help other prisoners to keep up their will to live. They were quickly singled out and killed as the Allies closed in.
“We have investigated ourselves and have determined that we are innocent.”
They have video and it showed no damage to the tunnel walls or ceilings.
Every hostage was killed by those evil Hamas SOBs.
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