Israeli military accidentally kills 3 hostages after mistaking them for Hamas fighters



Israel announced that three Israeli hostages were accidentally killed during intense fighting against Hamas. Prime Minister Netanyahu called it an “unbearable tragedy.” NBC News’ Richard Engel has the latest.

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27 comments

  1. Si j'étais l'une des familles des personnes tuées, j'aurais déposé une plainte pour crime de guerre et meurtre avec préméditation contre les responsables de ce meurtre avec préméditation..

  2. Wrong narative, it's not mistakenly but deliberately shot. The fact is one of the victim had shouted "help me" With hebrew before IDF shot him. Doesn't make any sense if the army doesn hear his shout. This's proof that Israel was didn't realy care anymore abour the hostages, they only make "save hostages" As an excuses from real purpose to totaly wipe out palestinian from Gaza, even they have to sacrafise their own civilian.

  3. Please stop wasting my tax money on Israel. Why do I have to pitch in for shooting people waving white flags to surrender? STOP WASTING MY TAX MONEY AND ALL AMERICAN TAX MONEY FOR ISRAREL. THE LAST TIME I CHECKED, I DIDN'T GET ANYTHING FROM ISRAELIS.

  4. As a hostage you are better off staying inside untill you are miraculously found alive by your rescuers.

  5. Imagine the media response if this had happened to American hostages during the war in Afghanistan.

  6. Accidentally? Yes of course.

  7. Just last week the Israeli army showed us so-called "Hamas soldiers" who surrendered Kalashnicov in their hands but curiously the Israeli army did not shoot at them!!! While these 3 soldiers were flying white flags and shouting for help in Hebrew 😮😮😮 and they shot at them This army is trying to lie to us and the worst is that it is doing it very badly She no longer knows where to put her head because she is so stuck in Gaza

  8. I'm shocked that Israel is admitting that the IDF shot three of the hostages. There must have been witnesses, which made it impossible for them to cover it up and blame Hamas. The hostages were carrying a white flag and had no shirts on, to prove that they were not a threat. The IDF surely thought they were Palestinian civilians when they shot them. This shows the IDF's habit of murdering defenseless and harmless civilians.

    In order to see the full truth we must look at the bigger picture, and into the recent history of Palestine, instead of only at isolated events claimed by Israel. This violence did not start on Oct 7th. It started around the 1940s when Zionist/"Jewish" immigrants invaded Palestine, turned it into Israel and killed, or stole the homes from and displaced, hundreds of thousands of the Arab Palestinians who had been the majority of the population there for many centuries. Since then, the remaining Arabs have been resisting Israel's invasion – they have been fighting for freedom from Israels violent and inhumane occupation of Palestine. In escalations of fighting BOTH sides have performed violent attacks for over 7 decades now. And, to be fair, we must ask, which side is the invader/occupier? The honest answer is Israel. And which side has inflicted the most terror and done the most killing of common citizens? The honest answer is Israel, by far, even BEFORE this current massacre in Gaza. Look up Amnesty International's 2022 report on Gaza. Israel, please permanently cease fire and set Palestine free, now. We must look at the bigger picture in this situation, instead of only at isolated events claimed by Israel. BOTH sides have done wrong, but which side is the invader for over 70 years? Israel. And which side has inflicted the most terror? Israel, by far.

  9. They were shirtless, how were they a threat?

  10. They do not differentiate between their men and the enemy. How do you want them to differentiate between Hamas and civilians!!??😅😅😅

  11. for a nation who always accuse others of using human shield…they kills lots of humans

  12. sorry for the families rip all of u sad very sad

  13. Hamas should be blamed for kidnapping hostages

  14. "We will gradually draw them to destruction in ways they cannot comprehend."

    "While they were plotting, Allah was plotting against them. Allah is the strongest of those who frustrate the trap."

  15. Israel has the right to defend itself againts its own hostages.

  16. Sad stop this war innocent people is deah

  17. Makes you wonder how many Palestinians were shot surrendering.

  18. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  19. Shame on you hwo support this diapers force

  20. war crime, this is a war crime

  21. You must be proud of your idf however youre support always

  22. ISRAEL IS THE BIGGEST THREAT EVEN TO THEIR OWN PEOPLE!

  23. with white flag 🏳️😏😏😏

  24. This means these particular Israeli soldiers are killing "Hamas" on sight. However did they "mistakenly" identify them as Hamas, is the question.

  25. i dont buy it, they probably shouting in hebrew for help when they encounter them,they even have a white flag ,what mistake?