Three hostages that appear to have escaped captivity from Hamas met a tragic end when Israeli soldiers mistook the hostages for Hamas attackers and killed all three. The tragedy happened in Gaza city. Netanyahu called the incident one of the “burdens of war” and that it “broke (his) heart, broke the entire nation’s heart.”
Hamas has said it will not be releasing any more hostages until Israel stops attacking Hamas altogether after the incident. Israeli military officials said the soldiers who killed the hostages were not following the correct protocol.
From Israel’s own account, it appears the hostages approached the Israeli soldiers with their arms up, raising a white flag, but that didn’t stop one soldier from yelling “terrorists,” so everyone opened fire, killing two and injuring one.
The injured soldier fled for shelter and continued to try to plead with the soldiers to help them, only to be eventually killed as well.
Protests have picked up momentum from Israelis who see this action as yet another example of gross incompetence, deadly gross incompetence from the IDF, with Netanyahu receiving the brunt of the blame for that perceived incompetence.
The incident also raises more doubts as to how many Israeli citizens were killed by Hamas as opposed by their own military, which does not in any way exonerate Hamas from intentionally targeting civilians, including infants, for slaughter and rape as a terroristic weapon of war.
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