The IDF on Monday night confirmed four additional dead hostages from the remaining group which Hamas seized on October 7.
The four include Haim Perry, Yoram Metzger, age 80, and Amiram Cooper, age 84 – all from Nir Oz, and Nadav Popplewell, age 51, from Nirim.
The announcement was based on intelligence and confirmed by a Health Ministry expert, in coordination with the Religious Services Ministry and the Chief Rabbi of Israel.
According to the IDF, they were killed while being held in Gaza, and not on October 7. The circumstances of their death in Hamas captivity remain unknown and are under investigation.The IDF said that the four were killed in the Khan Yunis area a number of months ago.
Further, the IDF said that they were…
