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Three hostages likely killed by airstrike, IDF probe concludes

By JNS

 

Elia Toledano, Cpl. Nik Beizer and Sgt. Ron Sherman were “with high probability” killed by a “byproduct” of the strike that killed senior Hamas commander Ahmed Ghandour on Nov. 10, 2023, according to the IDF.

Hamas hostages Elia Toledano, Cpl. Nik Beizer and Sgt. Ron Sherman likely died as the result of an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, an Israel Defense Forces probe concluded on Sunday.

Toledano, Beizer and Sherman were captured alive by Hamas terrorists during the Oct. 7 cross-border terrorist attacks in southern Israel. Toledano was taken captive at the Supernova music festival near Kibbutz Re’im; Beizer and Sherman were kidnapped during terrorist assaults on their bases near the Gaza border.

Their bodies were returned to Israel for burial by Israeli forces in mid-December.

“The findings of the investigation suggest that the three, with high probability, were killed by a byproduct of an IDF airstrike, during the assassination of the commander of Hamas’s Northern Gaza Brigade, Ahmed Ghandour, on Nov. 10, 2023,” according to the military.

However, the IDF noted that, “It is not possible to determine with certainty the circumstances of their death.”

Ghandour was a top Hamas leader and had served in his position for 18 years. He was responsible for many attacks against Israelis.

The probe’s conclusions were based on where the bodies were found in relation to Ghandour’s location, performance analysis and intelligence data, as well as pathological reports and findings by Israel’s National Institute of Forensic Medicine…

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