Hostage Deaths in Israeli Military Actions

What happened to these 40 hostages?

Five died in captivity from their wounds or due to a lack of care,

including Oded Lifshitz, an 83-year-old journalist

and peace activist.

11 were killed by Israeli strikes or ground operations, including

these three young men who were shot dead by Israeli ground troops

who mistook

them for Palestinians.

Nearly half of the hostages were killed by their captors,

according to the

Israeli military and forensic evidence reviewed by their families.

Nine-month-old Kfir and four-year-old Ariel

were killed by their captors',

quote, "bare hands."

The cause of death of eight others is still unconfirmed, including these six

hostages who were killed in a tunnel in Khan Yunis following an Israeli strike

nearby.

They are among 24, more than half, whose deaths we traced back

to Israeli military actions, including Israeli strikes and ground

maneuvers that prompted captors to kill their hostages.