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Adir Tahar, an IDF soldier, was killed during Hamas' October 7 attacks on Israel. A militant decapitated him and tried to sell his head for $10,000, his father has claimed. He said his head was found by Israeli forces in an ice cream store's freezer. AdvertisementThe head of an IDF soldier who was killed during Hamas' October 7 attacks on Israel was found in an ice cream store's freezer, his father said in an interview on Israel's Channel 14 news station. During an interrogation, a Hamas militant also claimed that he had attempted to sell the head for $10,000, he added.
Persons: Adir Tahar, , David, David Tahar, Mount Herzl, Alexi J . Rosenfeld, beheadings, Major Nir, Joe Biden, Biden, Mohammed Salem Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu Organizations: IDF, Service, Israel's, Business, Israeli Foreign Ministry, Sky News, REUTERS Locations: Israel, Gaza, Mount, Kibbutz Be'eri, Kibbutz Kfar Aza, Palestinian, Israeli
The official told NPR Biden was referring to media reports about the attack in Israel. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Later in the evening on Wednesday, a National Security official told NPR that Biden was referring to media reports when he made that remark. The journalist, Nicole Zedeck, later clarified the statement, saying that "soldiers told me they believe 40 babies/children were killed."
Persons: Joe Biden, NPR Biden, , Biden, Barak Ravid, Aza, Nicole Zedeck, Major Nir, Douglas Emhoff Organizations: National Security, NPR, Service, Israel Defense Forces, CNN, White, i24News, Hamas Locations: Israel, Aza, Gaza
The IDF said it won't investigate its claim that Hamas killed and decapitated babies at a kibbutz. AdvertisementAdvertisementA spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces told Insider that the military won't seek further evidence for its claim that Hamas decapitated babies in Israel. On Tuesday, Dinar told Insider that babies' bodies had been found at the Kfar Aza kibbutz, and that some had been decapitated. AdvertisementAdvertisementHe said then that the IDF would not confirm the exact number of babies killed or how many had been beheaded. CBS News later reported that Israeli body-recovery teams had discovered beheaded babies and children in kibbutzim in southern Israel.
Persons: , Nir, Aza, i24News, Nicole Zedeck, Laura Cellier, Yossi Landau, Zaka, CNN's Nic Robertson, I'm, David Ben Zion, i24NEWS, Ben Zion, it's, Itai, Kfar Aza Organizations: Service, Israel Defense Forces, IDF, CBS, Anadolu Agency, BBC News, CNN, New York Times, Palestinian Ministry of Health, Ministry of Defense Locations: Israel, Kfar Aza, Zaka, Turkish, Gaza
Israel soldiers say they found dead babies at a kibbutz near the Israel-Gaza border. A spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces told Insider on Tuesday that its soldiers found the decapitated corpses of babies at Kfar Aza, a kibbutz near Gaza. Reports started to emerge on Tuesday that Israeli soldiers had made the grisly discoveries at the self-sustaining rural community near Gaza. Hamas targeted multiple kibbutzim near the border with Gaza after the militants broke through the gate separating the territory from Israel. Israel's retaliatory airstrikes have also killed at least 830 people in Gaza, The Washington Post reported, citing the Health Ministry in Gaza.
Persons: , Nir, Yoav Gallant, Nicole Zedek, Kfar Aza, Zedek, CNN's Nic Robertson, Israel Organizations: IDF, Service, Israel Defense Forces, The Washington Post, Health Ministry, Palestinian Ministry of Health Locations: Israel, Gaza, Kfar Aza, Kibbutz Kfar Aza, Kfar, Israeli, The
Hamas trained its fighters on a mock Israeli settlement, learning how to storm it, Reuters added. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe Palestinian militant group Hamas built a mock Israeli town in Gaza and practiced attacking in plain sight — but Israel didn't react, Reuters reported on Sunday. Despite convincing Israel that they had no interest in war, Hamas militants were practicing for the offensive in plain sight by setting up a mock Israeli settlement in Gaza to train its fighters. "Israel surely saw [the videos], but they were convinced that Hamas wasn't keen on getting into a confrontation," the source told Reuters. Since the attacks over the weekend, Israel conceded that it was duped by Hamas.
Persons: Israel, , Israel didn't, wasn't, Nir, Yoav Gallant Organizations: Reuters, Service, Hamas, Israel, Israel Defense Forces, Israeli Defence Forces, Israel's Locations: Gaza, Israel, Egypt
An Israeli security source acknowledged Israel's security services were duped by Hamas. As a consequence, the source close to Hamas said, a crucial part of the plan was to avoid leaks. When the day came, the operation was divided into four parts, the Hamas source said, describing the various elements. The final part involved moving hostages to Gaza, mostly achieved early in the attack, the source close to Hamas said. the Israeli security source said.
Persons: Israel, Nir, Osama Hamdan, wasn't, Mahmoud Abbas, Yahya Al, Yaakov Amidror, Benjamin Netanyahu, Amidror, Samia Nakhoul, Jonathan Saul, William Maclean, Edmund Blair Organizations: Hamas, Reuters, Israeli Defence Forces, RAN, Israel, West Bank, Jihad, Fatah, National Security Council, Jerusalem Institute for Strategy, Security, Thomson Locations: Palestinian, Israel, Egypt, Syria, Gaza, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Re'im, Dubai, London
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