Hamas admits to murdering the 6 hostages: New procedures as the IDF approaches

September 2, 2024   

Hamas confirmed this evening (Monday) that it murdered the six hostages whose bodies were found in a tunnel in the southern Gaza Strip. The spokesman for the organization's military wing, Abu Obeida, published a statement on the Telegram channel, according to which, after the rescue of the four hostages in 'Operation Arnon' in Nusseirat, Hamas "sharpened the instructions regarding how the captors should act when the IDF approaches the location where they are." The terrorist organization ordered the hostages to be murdered in the event that IDF forces approach their location. Earlier today, the terrorist organization released a video of the six hostages who were murdered Friday night while still alive. In addition, Hamas announced that the current video is a promo for a full video that will be released soon. Last night, 'Kan News' reported that Israel estimates that the terrorists did not receive instructions from a senior level to murder the six hostages. According to these assessments, the captors acted in accordance with general principles that were established in advance, or exercised their own judgment, and shot the hostages Hirsch Goldberg-Polin, Uri Danino, Eden Yerushalmi, Carmel Gat, Almog Saroussi, and Alex Lobanov. The bodies of the hostages were located side by side in a tunnel about 20 meters deep using technological means that were introduced into the scans. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed a shocking detail this evening about the murder of the six hostages. According to him, they were shot from behind, shortly before IDF forces arrived at the scene.