Conflicting Reports on Captured Israeli Colonel by Hamas

Hamas announced on Thursday the capture of Israeli Colonel Asaf Hamami on Oct. 7, contradicting Israel's earlier report of his death. Al Qassem Brigades claimed Hamami was wounded during capture but provided no proof or current status. Israel reported Hamami's death months ago, and his body held in Gaza.

Hamas said on Thursday it was holding an Israeli colonel captured on Oct. 7, who Israel had previously reported was killed in the attacks that day.

The Hamas armed wing Al Qassem Brigades said Colonel Asaf Hamami had been wounded during his capture. It supplied no proof, and did not specify whether he was still alive now. The Israeli military reported months ago that Hamami, 41, a brigade commander, had been killed in the Oct. 7 attacks and his body was being held in Gaza.

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