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The Israeli army "by mistake" killed three hostages who were held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip and who, according to a preliminary investigation released this Saturday by the force itself, were carrying a white flag and even asked for help in Hebrew The incident occurred when an Israeli soldier identified three "suspicious persons" who were leaving a building in the Shejaiya neighborhood in the north of the enclave ruled by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas.
The three men were bare-chested and one of them Europe Mobile Number List was carrying an improvised white flag, but a soldier immediately opened fire on the group shouting "terrorists!" notify his colleagues, believing that they were victims of a trap, according to the preliminary analysis carried out by the Southern Command of the Israeli Army. Two of the hostages died instantly and the third, wounded, returned to the building, from where the soldiers began to hear cries of "help!" in Hebrew When the hostage left the building again, he was eventually killed by a second soldier. indicated the investigation, also cited by the local media Times of Israel.
The initial investigation considers that the two soldiers acted against combat protocols. before mentioning as a "mitigator" the fact that the forces in Gaza have not seen Palestinian civilians for days and that the only people they see in civilian clothes are usually Hamas militiamen, who appear unarmed while others, hidden, open fire on the military. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) admitted on Saturday that they killed three hostages "by mistake" identified as Yotam Haim (28 years old), Alon Shamriz (26) and Samer El Talalqa (25). "During the clashes in Shejaiya, (the Israel Defense Forces, IDF) mistakenly identified three Israeli hostages as a threat and, as a result, they were shot at and the hostages were killed," said military spokesman Daniel Hagari.