Israel probes video showing bodies of hostages who Hamas says were killed by Israeli attacks
Israeli hostages
Israel said it was investigating the footage released byHamas showing the bodies of two Israeli hostages. ThePalestinian terror outfit claimed that the hostageshad been killed in the Israeli military strikes.
In the purported video, 26-year-old NoaArgamani can be seen reading a script in front of a wall, saying her fellow hostages Itai Svirsky and Yossi Sharabi had been killed. The footage ends with pictures of the dead bodies of both men.
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said the claimmade by Hamas that the military targeted the building where hostages were being held, was a lie. He, however, indicated that it was possible that the hostages were located close to a building that the IDF targeted.
“Itaiwas not killed by our forces. This is a Hamas lie. The building where they were held was not a target and was not attacked by our forces,"Hagari said.
“We did not know their exact location in real-time. We do not strike where we know there are hostages. In retrospect, we know that we attacked targets close to the location where they were held,” he added.
Hagari said the military was examining the photos Hamas posted along with the other information it had.
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ALSO WATCH |Israel-Hamas war | Hamas armed-wing spokesman: Fate of many hostages unknown
Who are the three hostages?
Notably,Argamani became one of the prominent faces of Hamas' brutality as she was filmed by her captors being taken into Gaza forcefully on the back of a motorcycle.
Sharabi, 53, was kidnapped fromKibbutz Beeri, alongside his brother.Svirsky, 35, was also picked from the same region after being shot and wounded. Notably,Kibbutz Beeriwas one of the hardest-hit communities in the Hamas assault of October 7 last year.
Ever since the second truce deal between Israel and Hamas collapsed, Tel Aviv has upped the ante by re-launching aerial and ground operations.
Hamas-run Palestinian health ministry claims that more than 24,000people have been killed since Israel launched its retaliatory operations following the militant group’s attack on October 7 in southern Israel.
(With inputs from agencies)
Disclaimer: WION takes utmost care to accurately and responsibly report ongoing developments on the Israel-Palestine conflict after the Hamas attacks. However, we cannot independently verify the authenticity of all statements, photos and videos.