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| Hostages Alex Dancyg, Yagev Buchshtab confirmed dead, IDF likely at fault | |
| 2024-07-22 | |
| [JPost] Article title is bullshit. Hamas is at fault, for kidnapping and keeping them as hostages/human shields in harms' way. The IDF confirmed on Monday that two hostages, Alexander Dancyg and Yagev Buchshtab, are dead and that they were probably mistakenly killed by IDF forces during battles in Khan Yunis some months ago.
Buchshtab and his wife, Rimon Kirsht Buchshtab, 36, who worked in alternative medicine, were taken hostage from Nirim on October 7. She was released from captivity on November 28 as part of a hostage-prisoner exchange deal between Israel and Hamas. The IDF operated in Khan Yunis from December 1 until April 7. On March 10, Hamas issued an update that the two hostages had been killed. However, Hamas has engaged in a variety of psychological warfare tactics. While there are cases where the IDF has mistakenly killed hostages, there are dozens of cases where Hamas killed hostages they were detaining and then later tried to blame the IDF. The military had therefore not accepted Hamas’s March announcement – until now. However, the IDF recently acquired new unspecified intelligence, which, combined with Hamas’s announcement and other information, confirmed that the two hostages are in fact dead. Despite the announcement coming on the same day that the IDF is calling for an evacuation of Palestinians from Khan Yunis, seemingly in preparation for a re-invasion of the area, the military said there was no connection between the two events. | |
| Posted by:Frank G |