After denials for months, the Israeli military says there is a “high probability” its air strike was responsible for the deaths of three Israeli captives in Gaza in November.
The military on Sunday said it was unaware the captives were present in a tunnel in the Palestinian territory when they launched the attack on November 10, 2023.
The bodies of the three captives – Corporal Nik Beizer, Sergeant Ron Sherman and French-Israeli national Elia Toledano – were recovered on December 14. But the cause of death was not determined.
“The findings of the investigation suggest a high probability that the three were killed as a result of a byproduct of an [Israeli army] air strike, during the elimination of the Hamas Northern Brigade commander, Ahmed Ghandour, on November 10th, 2023,” the military said in a statement.
The military said its investigation revealed that the three captives had been held in a tunnel complex from which Ghandour operated.
“At the time of the strike, the [army] did not have information about the presence of hostages in the targeted compound,” the military statement said.
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isreal should be held accountable for the brutal genocide in gaza
"It said investigations had determined that the three were likely killed in a November airstrike that also killed a senior Hamas militant, Ahmed Ghandour."
The reason there are so many innocents killed is Israel doesn't care about collateral as long as they kill one Hamas member
Israel lied about their deaths and tried to say hamas killed them.
Israelis murdered their own people because the only thing they want is genocide.
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If Hamas hadn't kidnapped them, they would be alive.
But you support the kidnapping of innocent Jews.
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