Two more Israeli hostages kidnapped by Hamas on October 7 last year have died in captivity in Gaza, according to the Israel Defence Forces.
The military said it would investigate the circumstances that led to the deaths of Alex Dancyg, 76, and Yagev Buchshtav, 35. They were among more than 200 people kidnapped when Hamas militants attacked Israel and killed almost 1,200 people.
Their bodies were still being held by Hamas, officials said, and confirmation of their deaths came after an intelligence review.
“The circumstances of their death in Hamas captivity are being examined by all professional authorities,” the IDF said in a statement.
Dancyg, a historian, had been kidnapped from the Nir-Oz kibbutz close to the border with Gaza. Buchshtav and his wife were