{"id":86449,"date":"2023-12-18T02:21:01","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T02:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.estaql.com\/hostages-were-holding-white-cloth-on-stick-when-israeli-forces-shot-them-dead-idf-says-world-news\/"},"modified":"2023-12-18T02:21:01","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T02:21:01","slug":"hostages-were-holding-white-cloth-on-stick-when-israeli-forces-shot-them-dead-idf-says-world-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/hostages-were-holding-white-cloth-on-stick-when-israeli-forces-shot-them-dead-idf-says-world-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Hostages were holding white cloth on stick when Israeli forces shot them dead, IDF says | World News"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

Hostages were holding white cloth on stick when Israeli forces shot them dead, IDF says | World News<\/h2>\n

Hostages were holding white cloth on stick when Israeli forces shot them dead, IDF says | World News<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\n

Three Israeli hostages mistakenly killed by the IDF had been holding a white flag, an Israeli military official has said.<\/p>\n

The official said an initial inquiry into the incident has found the hostages were fired upon against Israel’s rules of engagement.<\/p>\n

Israel-Gaza latest: Follow live<\/strong><\/p>\n

The IDF said yesterday that the victims – all Israeli men in their 20s – were killed during combat with Hamas militants.<\/p>\n

They had wrongly been identified as a threat, the military said previously.<\/p>\n

\n
\n
<\/div>
\n Image:<\/span>
\n (L-R) Yotam Haim, Samer Talalka and Alon Shamriz
\n <\/span>
\n <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

The victims were identified as Samer al Talalka, 22, Yotam Haim, 28, and Alon Shamriz, 26.<\/p>\n

Sharing further updates, the IDF official said the hostages were killed in an area of intense combat where Hamas militants operate in civilian attire and use deception tactics.<\/p>\n

A soldier saw the hostages emerging tens of metres from Israeli forces in the area of Shejaiya, he added.<\/p>\n

“They’re all without shirts and they have a stick with a white cloth on it. The soldier feels threatened and opens fire. He declares that they’re terrorists, they [forces] open fire, two are killed immediately,” the military official stated.<\/p>\n

The third hostage was wounded and retreated into a nearby building where he called for help in Hebrew, the official said.<\/p>\n

“Immediately the battalion commander issues a ceasefire order, but again there’s another burst of fire towards the third
figure and he also dies,” said the official. “This was against our rules of engagement,” he added.<\/p>\n

\n
\n
\n

Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n


\n 0:46<\/span>
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

\n

The deaths of the three hostages sparked a protest in Tel Aviv<\/span>
\n <\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

Hundreds of protesters filled the streets of Tel Aviv last night after the IDF first announced the deaths.<\/p>\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the incident an “unbearable tragedy” and vowed to continue “with a supreme effort to return all the hostages home safely”.<\/p>\n

“Together with the entire people of Israel, I bow my head in deep sorrow and mourn the death of three of our dear sons who were kidnapped,” Mr Netanyahu said.<\/p>\n

“My heart goes out to the grieving families in their difficult time.”<\/p>\n

\n
\n
<\/div>
\n Image:<\/span>
\n Protests in Tel Aviv
\n <\/span>
\n <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n
<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

The three killed hostages were abducted by Hamas during their attack on 7 October which triggered the war. More than 100 hostages still remain captive, according to Israeli authorities.<\/p>\n

‘We had so many hopes he would come back to us’<\/strong><\/p>\n

A relative of one of the three hostages killed by the IDF said his family had “so many hopes” that he would return safely.<\/p>\n

Alaa al Talalka, the cousin of Samer al Talalka, also told Israeli broadcaster Kan that now was “not the time” to seek someone to blame for his death.<\/p>\n

“We’re not going to start pointing fingers, who is guilty and who is not. It is just not the time,” he said.<\/p>\n

“The families are thinking only of how to bring the hostages back alive. This is the time to ask for the war to end.”<\/p>\n

The Hostages and Missing Persons Families Forum, which represents the families of hostages, expressed its condolences and paid tribute to the victims.<\/p>\n

It said that “Yotam was a gifted musician and dedicated metal music fan who idolised the band Megadeth” while “Samer was an avid motorcyclist who loved to ride around the countryside and spend time with friends”.<\/p>\n

The forum added: “Alon’s family and friends described him as a lover of life and a dedicated basketball fan.”<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0635\u062f\u0631<\/a>
\n
\n\u0623\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631<\/a><\/p>\n

Hostages were holding white cloth on stick when Israeli forces shot them dead, IDF says | World News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hostages were holding white cloth on stick when Israeli forces shot them dead, IDF says | World News Hostages were holding white cloth on stick when Israeli forces shot them dead, IDF says | World News Three Israeli hostages mistakenly killed by the IDF had been holding a white flag, an Israeli military official has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7711],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-7711"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86449\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}