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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
IDF tells families 2 hostages weren’t killed by its airstrikes, cause of death probed
2024-01-18
[IsraelTimes] IDF representatives yesterday updated the families of former Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
hostages Sgt. Ron Sherman and Cpl. Nik Beizer regarding new information on the cause of their deaths during Hamas
...not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,...
captivity.

The bodies of the two soldiers, along with civilian Elia Toledano, were recovered from a Hamas tunnel in Jabaliya on December 14. Two days prior, the bodies of Warrant Officer Ziv Dado and civilian Eden Zacharia, who were murdered on October 7, were found in the same area.

The IDF representatives presented the families of Sherman and Beizer with the pathology report and findings from the operation to retrieve the bodies.

Near the location where the bodies were found, the IDF carried out an Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
targeting the commander of Hamas’s Northern Gaza Brigade, Ahmed Ghandour, who was hiding in a tunnel.

The IDF’s investigation, presented to the families, has found that the military was not aware of hostages being held in the area when the strike on the tunnel was carried out.

The bodies were found during scans of the tunnel, without any prior intelligence, according to the IDF’s findings.

The pathology report shown to the families shows that their bodies had no signs of trauma or gunfire, indicating that they were not killed directly by the airstrike or other IDF action.

Due to the condition of the bodies, medical officials have so far been unable to determine a cause of death.

At this stage, the military cannot confirm or deny that they may have suffocated, been strangulated, poisoned, or another cause indirectly related to an IDF attack or Hamas action.

Samples were taken for toxicology testing, which may shed light on their cause of death.
Related:
Ron Sherman: 2023-12-25 Israel Uncovers Hamas Tunnel Complex, Recovers 5 Hostages' Bodies
Ron Sherman: 2023-12-25 IDF reveals massive Hamas tunnel network in Gaza’s Jabaliya, where it found 5 hostages’ bodies
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