Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of the General Staff LTG Herzi Halevi, has shared “IDF rules of engagement” following the shooting and killing of three Israeli hostages by the IDF on Friday 15 December, 2023.
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| From Left: Alon Shamriz, Samer Talalka and Yotam Haim killed mistakenly by Israeli troops in Gaza. Photo: Shamriz, Al-Talalka and Haim families via AP via Al Jazeera |
The IDF Chief said, “you see two people, with a white flag coming out to surrender why would we shoot at them? Absolutely not. That’s not the IDF.”
Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, has come out to describe the sad occurrence as a “terrible tragedy”, adding, it “shocked me”.
The IDF confessed they “mistakenly” shot and killed the three (3) Israeli hostages after identifying them as “threat”.
The IDF Chief said: “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.”
Read: PM Netanyahu said, the shooting and killing of three Israeli hostages “shocked me”
