Recovered Israeli military footage shows six murdered hostages lighting Hanukkah candles in Gaza
Israel has released footage recovered during operations in the Gaza Strip that shows the six Israeli hostages killed by their captors in August 2024. The video, filmed inside a tunnel, depicts Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 23; Eden Yerushalmi, 24; Ori Danino, 25; Alex Lobanov, 32; Carmel Gat, 40; and Almog Sarusi, 27, reciting the Hanukkah candle-lighting blessing and singing Ma'oz Tzur.
The hostages were killed on August 29, 2024, in a tunnel beneath Rafah’s Tel Sultan neighborhood. Their bodies were recovered by Israeli forces two days later. The IDF regularly shares such footage with families once hostages are found, who may then decide whether to release it publicly.