The Israeli military said Tuesday that its forces recovered the bodies of six Israeli hostages in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis.
According to Ynet, initial findings show that five of the Israelis were killed as a result of a nearby Israeli airstrike. The strike caused a fire, which flooded the tunnel where they were held with carbon monoxide, killing the five Israelis and Hamas guards that were holding them. The other hostage was shot, according to an autopsy.
According to Axios, there are now 109 hostages remaining in Gaza, but about half are presumed dead. In response to the news of the six bodies being recovered, a group representing hostage families called for a deal with Hamas.
“The immediate return of the remaining 109 hostages can only be achieved through a negotiated deal. The Israeli government, with the assistance of mediators, must do everything in its power to finalize the deal currently on the table,” the Hostage Families and Missing Forum said in a statement.
Family members of the six men whose bodies were recovered blamed their deaths on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has been working to sabotage the chances of a deal with Hamas.
“He and all the hostages could have been brought back,” said Mati Dancyg, whose father Alex was among the recovered bodies. “Netanyahu chose to sacrifice the hostages. Karma will judge him and he will pay for it, big time.”
Karma has been on a long vacation with no immediate plans for return.
You never know…!
*taps fingernails in sequence on table*
They feel nothing for the slaughter of tens of thousands of Gazans. Their only feeling is for those of their own tribe. Such are the primitives we're supporting here, … because 'they share our values'.
They're monsters just like their government…!
According to Ynet, initial findings show that five of the Israelis were killed as a result of a nearby Israeli airstrike. The strike caused a fire, which flooded the tunnel where they were held with carbon monoxide, killing the five Israelis and Hamas guards that were holding them. The other hostage was shot, according to an autopsy.
I find it odd that under those circumstance that only one was shot. My guess is the IDF did the deed.
Besides, CO is lighter than the air and it would be unlikely it found its way to the tunnel from the surface…!
You are correct that CO is lighter than air but not by much. Thus in air it is nearly evenly distribute. Combined that with hot air rises, it seems to me unlikely that CO poisoning was the only cause of death. On the other hand CO2, a major by product of a fire. is significantly heaver than air and will concentrate in a confined space such as a tunnel. Additionally a fire above the tunnel will suck the Oxygen out of a tunnel. So it is very possible that an air strike above a tunnel could cause a condition in the tunnel where life could not be sustained.
A rare reply to myself. They were all shot.
Get rid of your crime minister to have a chance…!
As it turns out, they all had bullet holes in them.