Israeli captives shot while waving white flag – IDF
Shooting at people seeking to surrender violates the “open-fire regulations,” the chief of the general staff has said | Three Israeli hostages who were mistakenly killed by Israeli forces on Friday did everything in their power to demonstrate that they posed no threat, including holding a white flag, the chief of the general staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has said. ● In a video statement on Saturday, Herzi Halevi, who is leading Israel’s war in Gaza, said the IDF bears full responsi-bility for the “painful event” and pledged to “do everything to prevent the recurrence of such cases in the continuation of the fighting.” 💬 “The three hostages who survived seventy hellish days, moved towards the IDF soldiers, and were killed by our forces’ fire,” Halevi said, adding that “they moved without shirts so that we would not suspect them of carrying a bomb on their bodies, and held a white cloth so that we would understand.” “We did not succeed in this case. We feel the deep sorrow of the families for the deaths of the hostages,” he continued, adding that “the shooting at the hostages was carried out contrary to the open-fire regulations.” “It is forbidden to shoot at those who raise a white flag and ask to surrender. But this shooting was carried out during combat and under pressure,” Halevi noted.
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