Israeli hostage had multiple gunshot wounds: were likely executed in captivity

The IDF disclosed to the bereaved families that at least some of the six Israeli hostages, whose bodies were recently recovered from the Gaza Strip, may have been murdered by their captors while under the custody of the Hamas terror organization.
This week, IDF forces operating in Khan Yunis recovered the remains of Alex Dancyg, 75, Yagev Buchshtav, 35, Chaim Peri, 79, Yoram Metzger, 80, Nadav Popplewell, 51, and Avraham Munder, 78.

Based on information gathered by the Shin Bet internal security agency, Israeli soldiers from the elite Yahalom special engineering unit discovered the bodies in a hidden tunnel in the southern Gaza city.

All six men were abducted from Kibbutz Nirim and Kibbutz Nir Oz, both of which are located near the Gaza border.

On Thursday, Israel National News reported that the IDF had informed some of the families of the six hostages that forensic examinations of the bodies revealed bullet wounds, suggesting that the victims were shot while in captivity, rather than dying as a result of Israeli airstrikes on Hamas positions.

The Israeli military estimates that some of the hostages were likely murdered in captivity after being brought to Gaza alive from Nirim and Nir Oz, while others may have been killed due to IDF airstrikes.
In a statement released Thursday, an IDF spokesman said that the estimates were based on “an identification process carried out at the National Institute of Forensic Medicine, together with the Israel Police and the hostages unit in the Manpower Directorate, which is in charge of supporting the families of the hostages.”

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