IDF takes responsibility for accidental deaths of three hostages in Gaza



The Israel Defense Forces announced it mistakenly killed three Israeli hostages in northern Gaza. NBC News’ Hala Gorani reports the hostages may have been killed while they were attempting to flee or abandoned by their captors.

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35 comments

  1. Accidental whilst carrying a white flag. So another rule of war thrown out the window.

  2. The world's holy ground is being destroyed by man made wars… absolutely stupid… mother nature is taking back the earth… floods, tornadoes,fires, blizzards,..we all will be affected by this… nothing money can by ..the root of all evil.. MONEY

  3. The hostages held white flags. Is it possible the white flags were seen, but the IDF thought the hostages were Palestinians?

  4. If they are so reckless on IFF of their own, Imagine what they would actually do to non-citizens.

  5. IDF has never embarrassed itself, on so many levels, as it has in this latest conflict.

  6. "“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,” said the military official. The third hostage was wounded and retreated into a nearby building where he called for help in Hebrew, the official said. “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"

    They killed two of them, were hunting the third, and only stopped when they heard Hebrew DESPITE seeing shirtless men waving a surrender flag.

    Those soldiers fired on purpose. They thought they were killing Palestinians.

  7. Maybe they were used as human shields

  8. For every 1 innocent person in Gaza, at least 10 people reach the true Islam by reading the Quran and become Muslims. And they continue to be Muslims..! Allah is the best of those who set a trap…!

  9. That shows how the IDF terrorists care about Palestinians and I wonder how many Palestinians were killed just because they were Palestinians. War crimes investigations should start.

  10. At least the hostages know now they remain a priority until the very end.

  11. I’m sure they were afraid someone was recording the incident, otherwise they would’ve said Hamas killed and tortured them 😒…

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  13. All three looked "Arab"… one was a Bedouin, in fact… they were killed due to racial profiling. Appalling. By the way, have they actually gotten anyone from Hamas, or are they just murdering innocents?

  14. They would not be dead if they were not taken prisoner.

  15. Idf have no choice, save hostage or save himself

  16. Nothing good about war
    Soldiers didn't know if they were plants sent

  17. Very Sad they couldn't tell which side they were on Heart breaking 🙏🥺

  18. The IDF mistook the hostages for Palestinian civilians, thats the truth

  19. IDF can be considered a terrorist organization just like Hamas

  20. Were these hostages being used as human shields???

  21. Idf taking responsibility. When has Hamas ever taken responsibility?! Here is proof that at least we are being honest and if you can read between the lines you should be able to understand that Hamas strategy of not wearing a uniform and hiding amongst civilians has taken the life’s of these three hostages. If you see it any other way you are simply dumb and brainwashed

  22. The IDF commander should be arrested for his lack of professionalism. These three people were carrying white flags, yet they were gunned down.

  23. so we can all agree they are knowingly killing people who look like unarmed civilians lol

  24. This is how the IDF treat their own unarmed civilians, imagine how they treat Palestinians

  25. if the israeli officials speak in one language thats mean they were hiding or into something…

  26. The IDF accepted full responsibility … meaning that they admit to an operational error … The blame cannot be placed anywhere but with Hamas, for (1) taking the hostages, (2) not releasing the hostages, (3) keeping those hostages in a war zone, (4) using the hostages as human shields …

  27. Since the beginning IDF were instructed to "silence" witnesses to humane treatment by the enemy.

  28. Benjamin "Adolf" Netanjahu