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Eugene

(61,953 posts)
Sun Dec 24, 2023, 04:54 PM Dec 2023

Israel says five Gaza hostages found dead in tunnel, circumstances being probed

Source: Reuters

Israel says five Gaza hostages found dead in tunnel, circumstances being probed

By Dan Williams
December 24, 2023 2:26 PM EST Updated 23 min ago

JERUSALEM, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Five Israeli hostages killed in Hamas captivity were recovered from an underground tunnel network in the northern Gaza Strip, the military said on Sunday, showing footage of a white-tiled bathroom and work room linked by dark concrete-lined passages.

The publication left open the question of how they had died, with chief military spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari saying post-mortems were pending. "We will brief the families and then, depending on what they approve, the public," he said.

The three soldiers and two civilians were among 240 people dragged back to the Gaza Strip by Hamas gunmen during the cross-border rampage of Oct. 7 that sparked the war. The military announced the repatriation of their bodies earlier this month.

Hamas last week published video showing three of the hostages alive in what appeared to be a narrow, white-tiled and windowless bedroom with an electric wall socket.

In a Hebrew chyron directed at Israel, the Iranian-backed Islamist group said: "Your military weapons killed the three."

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-says-five-gaza-hostages-died-tunnel-circumstances-being-probed-2023-12-24/

Alternate no-paywall link: https://news.yahoo.com/israel-says-five-gaza-hostages-194728563.html

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Israel says five Gaza hostages found dead in tunnel, circumstances being probed (Original Post) Eugene Dec 2023 OP
Is this one of the tunnels Israel flooded? Lunabell Dec 2023 #1
Wonder when people here will stop excusing terrorism AZSkiffyGeek Dec 2023 #2
Who did that? Lunabell Dec 2023 #3
Someone just wondered out loud how the deaths of hostages held by Hamas can be blamed on Israel. Beastly Boy Dec 2023 #7
Did you alert? Lunabell Dec 2023 #9
I don't alert on principle. Beastly Boy Dec 2023 #11
Don't blame Hamas .... muhamed g Dec 2023 #12
Rec TY Cha Dec 2023 #15
Of all the possibilities, why is this the first thing that comes to your mind? Beastly Boy Dec 2023 #6
Because in a post of mine you obviously did not read, Lunabell Dec 2023 #8
Your post is quite short, and quite self evident Beastly Boy Dec 2023 #10
You ... muhamed g Dec 2023 #14
Would not believe either side on this one. Sneederbunk Dec 2023 #4
Where are all the knee jerk claims of "Pure Evil"? elias7 Dec 2023 #5
Post removed Post removed Dec 2023 #13
I'd venture a "no". Igel Dec 2023 #16

Lunabell

(6,111 posts)
1. Is this one of the tunnels Israel flooded?
Sun Dec 24, 2023, 04:57 PM
Dec 2023

I wonder if people here will defend that collateral damage.

Beastly Boy

(9,436 posts)
7. Someone just wondered out loud how the deaths of hostages held by Hamas can be blamed on Israel.
Sun Dec 24, 2023, 06:02 PM
Dec 2023

You should ask her why this obscenity is tolerated on DU.

Beastly Boy

(9,436 posts)
11. I don't alert on principle.
Sun Dec 24, 2023, 06:25 PM
Dec 2023

And besides, not every obscenity is alertable (not necessarily a comment on your post). We have rules.

 

muhamed g

(31 posts)
12. Don't blame Hamas ....
Wed Dec 27, 2023, 11:43 PM
Dec 2023

for the deaths of the 3 Israeli hostages that the IDF shot. The cause was the IDF did not follow their own rules. The closet cause is teh IDF's actions. In a court, the deaths would not be upon Hamas.

Beastly Boy

(9,436 posts)
6. Of all the possibilities, why is this the first thing that comes to your mind?
Sun Dec 24, 2023, 05:49 PM
Dec 2023

And why is your imagination preoccupied with preemptively expecting people here coming to defense of your imaginary outcome to your imaginary scenario?

Lunabell

(6,111 posts)
8. Because in a post of mine you obviously did not read,
Sun Dec 24, 2023, 06:05 PM
Dec 2023

I said that flooding the tunnels to flush out hamas will kill the hostages, too. That's why. And I'm only answering this question you pose to show I'm not one sided. I'm concerned for all innocent victims of this horrible tragedy.

Beastly Boy

(9,436 posts)
10. Your post is quite short, and quite self evident
Sun Dec 24, 2023, 06:22 PM
Dec 2023

You said what you said and, in case YOU didn't read what you posted, here it is:
" Is this one of the tunnels Israel flooded? I wonder if people here will defend that collateral damage".

It's quite impossible to spin.

And now that we are done with deflecting, answer the questions: Of all the possibilities, why is this the first thing that comes to your mind? And why is your imagination preoccupied with preemptively expecting people here coming to defense of your imaginary outcome to your imaginary scenario?

 

muhamed g

(31 posts)
14. You ...
Wed Dec 27, 2023, 11:46 PM
Dec 2023

sure don't show very much outrage over the IDF killing hostages. 99% of your outrage goes to one side only.

elias7

(4,027 posts)
5. Where are all the knee jerk claims of "Pure Evil"?
Sun Dec 24, 2023, 05:32 PM
Dec 2023

Why are people differentiating the wartime acts of Hamas vs those of Israel? Is there anything Hamas can do that will be called out? Anything Israel may have done NOT get called out?

Come on people. Let’s show a little balance here. We need to get together on this.

Response to elias7 (Reply #5)

Igel

(35,359 posts)
16. I'd venture a "no".
Sun Dec 31, 2023, 04:14 PM
Dec 2023

Flooding may not have subsided by now, and I'd say you'd see signs of it that nobody bothered to mention.

No word on how many tunnels have been flooded that I've seen.

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