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Monday, September 9, 2024
Mother of hostage Yagev Buchshtav tells Knesset that autopsy report shows he was executed
The mother of hostage Yagev Buchshtav tells a Knesset committee that an autopsy report on her son’s death shows that he had been executed.
The body of Buchshtav, 35, and those of five other hostages were recovered by the IDF from Khan Younis, in southern Gaza last month.
The revelation that he was executed by his captors comes after it was discovered last week that six other hostages had been executed by Hamas.
“My son was kidnapped alive, he should have returned alive, he came back dead, murdered,” she says.
“Yesterday we received the autopsy report. Imagine the torment of a family who gets a report and a notice that he was executed.
“The army was close to the tunnel and they were executed. That’s what comes from military pressure. Military pressure does not bring hostages back alive, it kills them,” she says.
“I do not think the army is guilty here, it is the policy of the government,” she says.
She says he was apparently killed in February. “It took a long time to reach them.”
Buchshtav was taken captive with his wife Rimon Kirsht Buchshtav. She was released on November 28 as part of a weeklong truce. The couple were together throughout her captivity, and when informed of her release she said she wouldn’t leave Yagev behind, but was told to go willingly or be dragged on the floor.
אסתר בוכשטב, אימו של יגב בוכשטב שנרצח בשבי: "הוא הוצא להורג. לחץ צבאי לא מביא חטופים"@NOFARMOS @diklaaharon pic.twitter.com/RDQInTWZ5J
— כאן חדשות (@kann_news) September 9, 2024
