The six hostages, whose bodies were found in Gaza over the summer, were probably shot in February by their captors as an Israeli strike hit close to the tunnel where they were held, the military said.

Jewish leaders and other Long Islanders reacted with shock Monday after the Israeli military announced that Plainview native Omer Neutra, an Israeli soldier once thought to be alive in Hamas captivity, had been killed the day of Hamas' attack more than a year ago.