Murdered Israeli Hostages Were Found in a Tunnel Under Children’s Room, One Hostage Weighed 36 Kilos

The six Israeli hostages whose bodies were found on Saturday, August 31, had been murdered by Hamas in a tunnel in Rafah, in Gaza, underneath a children’s room, with a tunnel shaft surrounded by stuffed animals and Disney cartoons.

The revelation Wednesday by the IDF is just the latest shocking detail about the horrific conditions in which the hostages were kept — and the abuse of children as human shields by Hamas terrorists.

The IDF said in a statement: “The shaft leading to the tunnel in which the bodies of the hostages Carmel Gat, Eden Yerushalmi, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Alex Lobanov, Almog Sarusi, and MSG Ori Danino were recovered from was located next to stuffed animals and wall art of cartoon characters in a children’s play area.”

“The troops of the 162nd Division and the ISA located the shaft leading to the tunnel in an area surrounded by the enemy and extensively booby-trapped. This is a further example of how Hamas abuses civilian areas to hold hostages and carry out its terrorist activities.”

Further, there is evidence that the hostages were starved. One hostage, 24-year-old Eden Yerushalmi, was found to have weighed only 79 pounds - 36 kilos - at the time of her death, having lost 22 pounds over 11 months of captivity. (BB / VFI News)

“Lord, we can do nothing but pray for Your mercy to cover all the remaining hostages and their families. We pray in Yeshua’s name for their release and that You take care of their physical and mental health. We pray that You give them the strength to overcome the daily abuse they are suffering and that You grant them hope, internal peace, and rest. We hope that the terrorists will soon be caught or willingly surrender and give away the location of the remaining hostages. We pray for the families of the six murdered hostages and we trust that You will strengthen them as they go through this time of grieving.”