World News | Israeli Army Identifies Bodies of 6 Gaza Hostages and Says They Were Killed Before Being Rescued

Jerusalem, Sep 1 (AP) The Israeli military has identified the bodies of six hostages recovered from a tunnel in the Gaza Strip and says their militant captors killed them shortly before Israeli forces could rescue them.

The army identified them as Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 23; Ori Danino, 25; Eden Yerushalmi, 24; Almog Sarusi, 27; and Alexander Lobanov, 33; all of whom were abducted from a music festival during Hamas' October 7 attack. The sixth, Carmel Gat, 40, was abducted from the nearby farming community of Be'eri.

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Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, the Israeli military spokesperson, said Sunday that “they were cruelly murdered shortly before we were to rescue them.” (AP)

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