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Authorities have so far released few additional details about the deadly encounter, including whether they detained Becerra Moran’s alleged captor when they arrived.

The Israeli military spokesman said pathological exams and intelligence showed they had been murdered by their captors "with their bare hands".

And even after officials in Israel confirmed that an Israeli woman and her children were beaten to death by their captors in Gaza, the AP continues to report that they merely “died in captivity.”

Israeli authorities also said a post-mortem had shown that Ariel and Kfir's captors killed the boys "with their bare hands", contradicting Hamas's claim that they died in an Israeli air strike.

A week earlier, Israelis were horrified and enraged by the frail, near-skeletal condition of three freed Israeli men, and by emerging testimony that hostages had suffered privation and torture under their militant captors.