IDF says it killed 2 Hamas terrorists who likely murdered the 6 Israeli hostages

IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari says the two terrorists who likely murdered hostages Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Eden Yerushalmi, Ori Danino, Alex Lobanov, Carmel Gat, and Almog Sarusi in a tunnel in the southern Gaza Strip were killed by Israeli forces.

“A day after the murder of the hostages, forces with the 162nd Division identified two terrorists emerging from a nearby tunnel in the Tel Sultan area, and killed them in an exchange of fire,” Hagari says in a press conference.

“After we investigated the findings from the tunnel and equipment from the terrorists, we found DNA and several items that belonged to the terrorists that we killed,” he says.

Hagari says that the findings reveal that the two terrorists were inside the tunnel where the six hostages were murdered, during the murder.

“We are checking their involvement in the murder,” he adds.

Two unnamed Hamas terrorists who are believed to have murdered six Israeli hostages in the Gaza Strip, are seen in a handout image released by the IDF on September 21, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)