IDF confirms autopsies show signs of gunshot wounds on bodies of all six hostages recovered from Gaza this week

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

The bodies of the six hostages recovered by the IDF from southern Gaza’s Khan Younis this week all have signs of gunshot wounds, according to initial autopsy findings.

This morning, IDF representatives showed the families of Alex Dancyg, Yagev Buchshtav, Chaim Peri, Yoram Metzger, Nadav Popplewell, and Avraham Munder, the findings from the Abu Kabir Forensic Institute.

The findings are initial, and the IDF and health officials have not yet determined the exact causes of deaths.

The institute is also working to identify four more bodies found near the hostages, are believed by the IDF to be those of terrorists.

On the bodies of the terrorists there were no signs of gunshot wounds, according to the initial findings.

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