The Israeli army immediately denied the kidnapping of a commando on May 26: “The Israeli army confirms that there is no doubt that a soldier was kidnapped.“

Following this immediate denial by the IDF, fact-checkers noted that the unusual service weapons on display – CZ Scorpion Evo 3s – may have been actually used By Israeli special forces. Experts also believe they see that Night vision goggles And Optical scenes It could already be part of Israeli equipment.

They also indicated that it was possible One instead of three weapons/body sets They are displayed, because you will never see all three weapons/body kits in one picture. This suspicion is of course consistent with the fact that Hamas showed only one body in this video, and is now publishing only one photo of a face. However: at that time we already saw two helmets and now three helmets in one photo, and in the new video we also saw three field radios with a Hebrew inscription in one photo.

An important note, on the website where the IDF tracks the number of wounded and killed, the number is explicitly stated above:The war dead whose names were It is allowed to be publishedIn other words, not all names have been announced, because things are a little different in special operations circles.

At the time of writing, we dare to believe that the soldier shown here is in fact an Israeli commando whose body was seized by Hamas after he was killed. We dare to do this because on May 26 the IDF denied the presence of only a soldier Kidnapped alive It would be, and that’s not actually the case.

We expect that two more Hamas videos will appear in the coming days, along with new pictures of two new faces.

It is not clear what Hamas means in the video by “Is he one of the mercenaries you haven’t spoken about since October 7?“But these same Israeli commandos are tightening the noose around the center of Rafah, and we must do something.

A large photo of the alleged Israeli commando after the hack.