IDF chief visits site where 6 murdered hostages were found
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi (left) meets with the head of the Southern Command, Maj. Gen. Yaron Finkelman (center) and hostage pointman Maj. Gen. (res.) Nitzan Alon, in southern Gaza's Rafah, September 1, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi this morning visited a site in southern Gaza’s Rafah, from which the bodies of six murdered hostages were recovered overnight, the military says.
Halevi was joined by the head of the IDF Southern Command, Maj. Gen. Yaron Finkelman, and hostage point-man Maj. Gen. (res.) Nitzan Alon.
The IDF says Halevi held an assessment at the scene.
The bodies of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Eden Yerushalmi, Ori Danino, Alex Lobanov, Carmel Gat, and Almog Sarusi were found over the weekend in a Hamas tunnel in Rafah. They were murdered by their captors just days before troops found them.
