Terrorist group Hamas announced on Monday that two of the Israeli hostages it kidnapped on October 7, 2023, are dead. In a video, it claimed that the hostages were killed by Israeli airstrikes. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has at least partially debunked their claims.
The development comes one day after Hamas released a propaganda video explaining that it will notify the world of the fate of the hostages.
Hamas said on Monday that two of the hostages captured on Oct. 7 had been killed in Israeli airstrikes and released images that appeared to show their bodies, but the Israeli military cast doubt on the claim.
Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, chief spokesman for the Israeli military, said at a press briefing that at least one of the hostages was not killed by its forces. “That’s a Hamas lie,” he said. He did not address the fate of the other hostage.
“We are investigating the event…
