On Sunday, the Israeli military said there was a “high probability” that three hostages found dead months ago were killed in an Israeli airstrike.
The army announced the conclusions of its investigation into the deaths of Cpl. Nik Beizer, Sgt. Ron Sherman and Elia Toledano. It said investigations had determined that the three were likely killed in a November airstrike that also killed a senior Hamas militant, Ahmed Ghandour.
All three of the hostages were kidnapped in Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack. Their bodies were recovered in December, but the cause of death was only recently determined.
In its report, the army said there was a “high probability” they were killed in the strike, based on where the bodies were recovered, pathological reports and other intelligence. But it said, “it is not possible to definitely determine the circumstances of their deaths.”
The conclusions could add pressure on the government to strike a deal to bring home the remaining hostages held by Hamas. Critics say it’s too difficult and dangerous to try to rescue them. Late last month, Israel recovered the bodies of six hostages that it says were killed by Hamas captors shortly before Israeli forces arrived.
🔗SOURCE ➡️ AP News
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"The Israeli army knows that bombs exploding inside tunnels can disperse toxic gases such as carbon monoxide, capable of killing Palestinian resistance fighters within them, two defense sources told the Israeli magazine Mekomit.… "
..A mother of one of 3 men whose dead bodies were recovered in Gaza accused Israel of killing her son with the poison gas [see🔼].. after seeing the toxicology report.
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In mid-December, the Israeli army discovered the bodies of three of the hostages kidnapped from southern Israel to the Gaza Strip on October 7: the soldiers Ron Sherman and Nik Beizer, and the civilian Elia Toledano.
Their families were initially informed that the three men had been killed in Hamas captivity, but Maayan, the mother of Sherman, soon declared otherwise
"“Ron was indeed murdered,” she wrote on her Facebook page on Jan. 16, but “not by Hamas.” Instead, she asserted, her son was killed by “bombings with poisonous gasses.” - by Israel"
Given the Hannibal Directive exists, it isn’t hard to imagine the spirit of it - that Israeli hostages are a strategic liability, and are better dead than alive - still lives on, and applies even after the October 7th attack.
If the Hannibal Directive applied on the day, it probably applied after. WHY would the Israeli army prefer hostages to die rather than make it across the border into Gaza as a hostage? Because hostages gives the Gazans' leverage politically....
Because Hostages... forces Israeli leadership to make potential concessions due to the political pressure to save lives the Israeli leaders do not care about…(they’re just expendable "pawns" in a "chess game" in the eyes of Israeli leadership after all…[they)
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12/8 — Israeli Captive Says She was Afraid of Israel Killing Her, Not Hamas
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