Last Updated: December 18, 2023, 13:57 IST
An indication studying Help, three hostages in Hebrew, that the Israeli navy says was discovered on a Gaza constructing the place three Israeli hostages had been hiding earlier than they have been mistakenly killed by Israeli forces. (Reuters)
The deaths of the three males, all of their twenties, have sparked protests in Tel Aviv, the place demonstrators demanded that the authorities provide a brand new plan
Three hostages mistakenly killed by Israeli troopers in Gaza on Friday had used leftover meals to write down ‘SOS’ in Hebrew, media studies have mentioned. The navy distributed pictures of the white fabric indicators written in purple. They have been held on a constructing about 200 metres from the place the hostages have been shot.
“Three people came out, they took into account that they are taking a risk by approaching IDF troops, to minimize the risk they really thought, they took off their shirts so that no one would think they have an explosive device and held a white cloth on a pole to identify themselves. They came speaking Hebrew, calling for help,” mentioned Chief of the General Staff Major-General Herzi Halevi, in keeping with Reuters.
Shirtless with white flag
The Israeli navy on Friday recognized the three hostages killed in Shejaiya, an jap suburb of Gaza City, as Yotam Haim and Alon Shamriz, kidnapped from Kibbutz Kfar Aza, and Samer al-Talalka, kidnapped from close by Kibbutz Nir Am. The three hostages raised a white flag and have been shirtless after they have been shot. Israel’s navy chief instructed troops inside Gaza to not repeat that mistake, because the IDF started to probe into the deaths.
“What if it is two Gazans with a white flag coming out to surrender, do we shoot them? Absolutely not,” mentioned General Herzi Halevi. “Even those who are fighting us, if they lay down their arms and raise their hands, we arrest them, we don’t shoot them,” he added.
“You see two people, they are with hands up and without shirts, take two seconds, and I want to tell you something just as important, and if it’s two Gazans with a white flag coming out to surrender why would we shoot at them? Absolutely not. Absolutely not. That’s not the IDF.”… pic.twitter.com/0oDdt8ZseS— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) December 17, 2023
Protests
The deaths of the three males, all of their twenties, have sparked protests in Tel Aviv, the place demonstrators demanded that the authorities provide a brand new plan for bringing house the remaining 129 hostages nonetheless held within the Gaza Strip. More than 100 Israeli hostages stay in Gaza, held incommunicado regardless of Israeli requires Red Cross entry.
More than 100 girls, kids, youngsters, and foreigners have been launched after a deal was struck in late November. Other hostages have been declared lifeless by Israeli authorities. Hamas militants rampaged by way of Israeli cities on October 7, killing 1,200 individuals and capturing 240 hostages. Israel then launched a counter-attack, throughout which Gaza well being authorities say near 19,000 individuals have been killed.
(With company inputs)
