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the israeli army found the bodies of 6 detained people, and the israeli president apologized for not being able to bring them home safely

according to the times of israel and other media reports, israeli president herzog said in a statement on september 1 that the news that the bodies of six detainees were found in an underground tunnel in the southern gaza strip city of rafah broke the heart of the entire country.

herzog, file photo, source: israeli presidential office website

according to reports from afp and ria novosti on september 1, the israel defense forces posted on social media platforms such as x and telegram that day, announcing the identities of the bodies of six detained persons found in an underground tunnel in the southern gaza strip city of rafah.

according to the idf post, the remains of the six detained people are hersh goldberg-pollin, alexander lobanov, kamel gat, eden yerushalmi, almog sarusi and ori danino. according to afp, hersh goldberg-pollin is an american citizen, and alexander lobanov is a dual citizen of russia and israel.

the picture shows the six detainees who have died. from left to right, the first row is ori danino, eden yerushalmi, alexander lobanov, and the second row from left to right is almog sarusi, hersh goldberg-pollin, and carmel gat. source: israel defense forces social media account x

on the same day, israeli president herzog posted on social media x that the news broke "the heartbreak of the entire country". "on behalf of israel, i sincerely embrace their families and apologize for not being able to bring them home safely." herzog said that israel will continue to fight the palestinian islamic resistance movement (hamas).

the times of israel reported that herzog also said that israel had a "sacred mission" to bring the detainees home.

the times of israel also reported on september 1 that an israeli organization called the "forum of families of hostages and missing persons" posted on x that if the netanyahu government and hamas reached an agreement to release the detainees, the above six detainees might not have died.

according to reports, the organization also called on the netanyahu government, saying, "there have been enough excuses and enough abandonment (of the hostages)! it's time to bring our hostages home."

according to reports by reuters and bloomberg on august 31, the israeli military said they had found the remains of several unidentified people in the gaza strip and were in the process of identifying them. on the same day, us president biden spoke out about the incident and mentioned the ceasefire in gaza, saying that "an agreement is about to be reached". according to cbs and other media reports, biden said in a statement on august 31 local time that the israeli army found the remains of six detained people in an underground tunnel in the southern gaza city of rafah, including american citizen hersh goldberg-polling. biden said he was "shocked and angry" about this.

source: huanqiu.com