The three Israeli hostages the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) mistakenly shot and killed in the Gaza Strip were flying a white flag, a senior IDF official said Saturday, The Wall Street Journal reported.
The IDF is currently conducting a radical counter-offensive in Gaza against the terrorist organization Hamas, which currently holds more than 100 people. hostages in Gaza, including Israelis, foreigners and US citizens. The shooting by two IDF soldiers violated the Israeli military's rules of engagement, the official said. seconds in the WSJ.
“I will say very, very clearly: This was against our rules of engagement,” the official said, according to the WSJ. “Very tragic.”
The IDF shot and killed the hostages as they exited a building shirtless while holding up a pole containing a white cloth, the official said, the WSJ reported.
According to the WSJ, the hostages, who were all men under the age of 30, were close to IDF soldiers as they fought in Gaza. One of them “felt threatened” and began shooting, quickly killing two of the hostages, according to the IDF official.
Another soldier shot and killed the third hostage despite shouting in Hebrew and an order from a commander to stop shooting, the WSJ reported. The hostages may have taken off their shirts to show they were unarmed and not a threat.
“The IDF began reviewing the incident immediately,” the IDF said said Friday. “The IDF emphasizes that this is an active combat zone in which ongoing fighting has occurred over the past few days. Immediate lessons have been learned from the event, which have been passed on to all troops in the IDF in the field. The IDF expresses deep remorse for the tragic incident and sends its condolences to the families. Our national mission is to locate the missing and bring home all hostages.”
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