The Israeli army announced on Sunday that it had identified the identities of the six bodies found in an underground tunnel in the southern Gaza Strip.
Earlier, Israel said it had found six bodies on Saturday in an “underground tunnel in the Rafah area of the Gaza Strip,” and they were returned to Israel where they were officially identified, according to an army statement.
The statement said: “Yesterday, Saturday, the forces found and returned to Israel from inside an underground tunnel in the Rafah area the bodies of the kidnapped men, who were kidnapped on October 7 by Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip.”
The army statement added: “After verifying their identities at the Forensic Institute and agencies affiliated with the Military Rabbinate and the Israel Police, the kidnapped persons team of the Human Resources Department informed their families. The army and the General Security Service share the families’ deep sorrow in these difficult times.”
US President Joe Biden announced on Saturday night that the bodies of six detainees who were kidnapped during the October 7 attack on Israeli territory had been found in the Gaza Strip, including the body of Israeli-American Hirsch Goldberg Polin.
“Earlier, Israeli forces found the bodies of six hostages held by Hamas in a tunnel under the city of Rafah,” Biden said in a statement, adding, “We have now confirmed that one of the hostages… was American citizen Hersh Goldberg Polin.”
The White House announced that Israeli forces recovered 6 bodies held by Hamas in a tunnel under the city of Rafah.
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2024-09-01 22:16:35