Why these October 7 hostages never made it home alive

By CNN

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has taken credit for bringing back "every last" hostage from Gaza. But of the hostages abducted alive on October 7th, 2023, about 1 in 5 died or were killed in captivity. CNN's Jeremy Diamond investigates how those 40 hostages died — and how many of those deaths can be traced back to Israeli military actions in Gaza.

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