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The men fought their captors and escaped.
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Israel said a forensic investigation showed the two children were killed by their captors.
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Joseph Krauss, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
Israel says forensic evidence shows the children were killed by their captors in November 2023, while Hamas says the family was killed along with their guards in an Israeli airstrike.
—Wafaa Shurafa, arkansasonline.com, 27 Feb. 2025
Some were slain by their captors and some were killed in Israel's offenses.
—Reuters, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
Become a Subscriber Then Israeli coroners concluded that the two children had been murdered by their captors and that the woman’s body wasn’t their mother’s after all.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 25 Feb. 2025
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Joseph Krauss, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
Israel says forensic evidence shows the children were killed by their captors in November 2023, while Hamas says the family was killed along with their guards in an Israeli airstrike.
—Wafaa Shurafa, arkansasonline.com, 27 Feb. 2025
Some were slain by their captors and some were killed in Israel's offenses.
—Reuters, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
Become a Subscriber Then Israeli coroners concluded that the two children had been murdered by their captors and that the woman’s body wasn’t their mother’s after all.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 25 Feb. 2025
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“Captor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/captor. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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captor
noun
cap·tor
ˈkap-tər 
-ˌtȯ(ə)r
: one that has captured a person or thing
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