The three hostages the Israeli army killed on Friday, allegedly by mistake on the outskirts of Gaza City, were shirtless and carrying a makeshift white flag, an Israeli military spokesman said Saturday.
The victims, Yotam Haïm, 28, Samer al-Talalqa, 25, and Alon Lulu Shamriz, 26, were killed during operations in a Gaza City neighborhood, according to the army.
The three men were among about 250 people taken hostage during the unprecedented attack launched on October 7 by Hamas on Israeli soil, which left around 1,140 people dead, most of them civilians, according to authorities. To date, 129 hostages remain detained in Gaza.
The spokesman explained that the hostages appeared in the middle of the combat zone, a few dozen meters from one of the Israeli soldiers, who identified them as suspicious figures, “felt threatened and opened fire on them.”
According to the Israeli army spokesman, two of the people were killed immediately and the third was wounded, after having run towards a building and calling “clearly for help in Hebrew”, prompting the battalion commander to issue “a cease and desist order.” “. .” fire”.
However, another shot was fired, causing the death of the young man.
According to the spokesperson, this is an incident that “violates the rules of engagement” of the Israeli Army, although he insisted that the information is preliminary at this time and that an investigation “at the highest level” is already underway.
Source: TSF
