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September 24, 2013       Share:    

Source: http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.548609

At Least 86 Israeli Prisoners of War Were Killed after Surrendering in Yom Kippur War

(Ha'aretz) Amir Oren - At least 86 Israeli soldiers taken captive during the 1973 Yom Kippur War were murdered after surrendering, almost all of them before reaching prison in Cairo or Damascus. This was revealed in classified briefings to the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee in November and December 1973, whose minutes were recently declassified. At least 42 Israeli POWs were killed while in Syrian hands, while 42-44 Israeli soldiers were killed by Egyptian soldiers after capture.

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