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"I have 59 brothers and sisters who are in hell," Ofri continued - referring to the total remaining number of hostages.

"That couldn't be further from the truth," he says, referring to the long history of the conflict.

"In a number of extremely disturbing instances, entire families - including women, children and individuals hors de combat - were killed, with predominantly Alawite cities and villages targeted in particular," he said, referring to combatants who have been captured, expressed an intention to surrender, or are incapacitated.

But he appeared to be referring to non-departmental public bodies, which are organisations funded by taxpayers but not controlled directly by central government.

Sweden itself was dealing with the aftermath of "the terrible incident in Orebro", she noted, referring to Sweden's worst mass shooting last month in which a gunman attacked an education centre in central Sweden, killing nine people.