The bodies of the 3 captives were recuperated on December 14. The armed force stated its examination exposed that the 3 hostages had actually been kept in a tunnel complex from which Ghandour ran.
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The IDF revealed the conclusion of the examination on Sunday. (IDF by means of Reuters, file)
The Israeli Defence Force (IDF) stated on Saturday there is a “high possibility” that 3 captives eliminated months ago passed away from Israeli fire.
The bodies of the 3 captives, Corporal Nik Beizer, Sergeant Ron Sherman and French-Israeli Elia Toledano, were reminded Israel in December.
“The findings of the examination recommend a high possibility that the 3 were eliminated as an outcome of a by-product of an IDF air campaign, throughout the removal of the Hamas Northern Brigade leader, Ahmed Ghandour, on November 10th, 2023,” the armed force stated in a declaration, describing the 3 hostages.
“This evaluation is based upon the place of where their bodies were discovered in relation to the strike’s effect, efficiency analysis of the strike, intelligence findings, the outcomes of the pathological reports, and the conclusions of the Forensic Medicine Institute.”
“This is a high-probability evaluation based upon all of the offered info, however it is not possible to definitively identify the situations of their deaths,” the armed force stated.
“At the time of the strike, the IDF did not know about the existence of captives in the targeted substance,” the armed force stated.
“Furthermore, there was info recommending that they lay in other places, and hence the location was