Three Soldiers Thought Captured Were Killed During Simchas Torah Attack

The IDF on Tuesday revealed that three soldiers who were previously thought to be held captive by Hamas terrorists were in fact killed during the Simchas Torah attack. The IDF said their bodies were taken to Gaza by Hamas.

In the wake of the Hamas massacre, the three soldiers were believed to have been kidnapped and were classified as such by the IDF. However, after examining new evidence.

First Sergeant Tomer Yaakov Ahimas, 20, Sergeant Kiril Brodski, 19, and Sergeant Shaked Dahan, 19, were officially declared deceased after the IDF Chief Rabbi Eyal Karim determined that there was enough evidence of their deaths in keeping with Halacha to do so.

The IDF determined that they had been killed on the day of the attack, making them “fallen soldiers held hostage by a terror group,” the military said in a statement.