Killed on sight: IDF mistakes shirtless hostages waving a white flag and pleading in Hebrew as Palestinians
Three Israeli hostages who were mistakenly shot by Israeli troops in the Gaza Strip had been waving a white flag and were shirtless when they were killed, an Israeli military official said on December 16. Anger over the mistaken killings is likely to increase pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to renew Qatar-mediated negotiations with Hamas over swapping more captives for Palestinians imprisoned in Israel. Hamas has conditioned further releases on Israel halting its punishing air and ground campaign in Gaza, now in its 11th week. The violent account of how the hostages died also raised questions about...
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