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Israeli military says its troops shot and killed three hostages by mistake (www.theguardian.com)

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[-] Garbanzo@lemmy.world 88 points 10 months ago

There must have been a tragic and bizarre set of circumstances to lead to this. The IDF has assured us that they're taking great measures to avoid civilian casualties, and their actions are fully legal and justified. Those hostages must have escaped and taken up arms and attacked the Israeli soldiers by mistake, because otherwise they couldn't possibly have been mistaken for combatants. I'm just flabbergasted, no one could have foreseen something like this happening. It's really shocking.

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 20 points 10 months ago

I read the first part of this comment... then I read the second. 🥇

[-] snek@lemmy.world 74 points 10 months ago

Israel's global narrative be like:

✅ Collateral damage:

- most hospitals non-functional

- 18,000+ dead

- bakeries can't make food

- infants dead in incubators

- patients forced to "evacuate" under gunfire

- dying of preventable diseases

- 10k people missing/dead and still under rubble

- hundreds held and stripped, others detained in an "unknown location"

- journalists, UN workers, doctors dead while on duty or while sheltering with their families

😥 Tragedy:

- 3 Israeli hostages killed "by mistake" despite having civilian clothes on and being unarmed

Disclaimer: yes, of course, it's a tragedy, but also proof that the IDF targets anything that moves.

[-] cerement@slrpnk.net 67 points 10 months ago

“Look what you made us do.”

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[-] filister@lemmy.world 54 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

An initial IDF probe into the hostage killing incident suggests all three men were shirtless, with one carrying a makeshift white flag.

On seeing them, one Israeli soldier shouted “terrorists!” to the other forces, initiating fire at the men, according to reports.

While two hostages were hit immediately and fell to the ground, the third managed to escape into a nearby building where despite pleas in Hebrew, he was also shot and killed, a military official said.

So what happened we do our outmost to protect civilian lives? Because believing that this is the first time something like this to happen in Gaza is rather naïve.

[-] stembolts@programming.dev 24 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Hey man, questions are anti-semetic. Until Israel kills six million and one people, try to be respectful.

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[-] snek@lemmy.world 51 points 10 months ago

Basically they killed them because they shot at any civilians.

[-] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 39 points 10 months ago

We accidentally pursued and hunted the third guy to death. Whoopsiedaisy.

[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 29 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

By mistake?

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[-] AdamEatsAss@lemmy.world 25 points 10 months ago

It happens. I guess it's good they admitted it instead of just saying Hamas killed them? If only in the thousands of years humans have been alive we could found a way to resolve conflict without killing.

[-] theluckyone@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago

It reveals their character. Kill a few hostages by mistake? That's a tragedy. Kill two civilians in Gaza per Hamas fighter? Regrettable, but "tremendously positive."

Hamas, the Israeli government, and the IDF are three sides of the same die: murderers with no respect for their fellow human.

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[-] dukatos@lemm.ee 19 points 10 months ago

IDF shot unarmed civilians waving white flag
target was unarmed and not returning fire yet IDF killed just 2 of 3 at first try
IDF was scared
IDF didn't follow orders

Great army /s

[-] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Or they DID follow orders...

It's just they turned out to be hostages instead of random palestinian civilians...

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[-] Doorbook@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

Biden can you support Isreal to defend itself against the IDF by not giving them anymore money or guns..

[-] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 10 months ago

oops hehe sorry guys

[-] Squizzy@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

The mistake part was they were the wrong hostages

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