“That’s not the IDF”: Israeli military chief lectures troops after accidental killing of 3 hostages

The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) head, Maj.-Gen. Herzi Halevi addressed his troops and the internal incident that took place on Friday related to the killing of three Israeli hostages in Gaza, amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict.

The murdered hostages were bare-chested and carrying a white flag as they sought help from the IDF, before they were mistakenly shot dead by the troops.

“If it's two Gazans with a white flag coming out to surrender, would we shoot at them? Absolutely not … That's not the IDF,” Halevi said in a video released Sunday, where he suggested troops not make the same mistake again.

“We arrest them, we don't shoot them. We get a lot of intelligence from the captives we have,” Halevi added.

Meanwhile in Tel Aviv, Israeli army spokesperson, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said that the IDF has located the building the three hostages in question were staying in before being killed.

Signs reading "S.O.S." and "Help, three hostages" in Hebrew were found on the walls of the Gaza where the men were staying. The IDF shared images of the building and signs on Sunday.

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If someone is waiving a white flag and you kill them, it’s a murder no matter if those are the hostages or not. This is criminal! The fact that we’re hearing about it is only because of the fact those were hostages, but think about how many deaths they did like that.
It’s heartbreaking!

[fatimaahmad]

They thought it was 3 Palestinian civilians. They didnt even think twice.

[bittertruth]

Israel has the right to defend itself from itself

[michaeldob]

BTW, they did the same thing to a mother and daughter inside a church and also to a bunch of kids inside a school on the same day. But you will never have Canadian media cover those other 'incidents'

[TeslaWu-xm]

So, they shoot shirtless enemies with white flag?

[jiminy_cricket]

There are countless cases of IDF killing unarmed white flag carrying Palestinians. One especially notorious incident: Human Rights Watch published a report on the Jenin massacre, dating back to 2002, including the following incident: "Among the civilian deaths were those of Kamal Zgheir, a fifty-seven-year-old wheelchair-bound man who was shot and run over by a tank on a major road outside the camp on April 10, even though he had a white flag attached to his wheelchair."

[psnaris]

Unfortunately, that is EXACTLY the IDF.

[philtayler]

Isn't that a war crime? How the hell are they confused about that!

[zbyszek]

Hostages have the right to defend themselves against IDF rescue team

[alibenabdessalem]

''If two Gazans with a white flag coming out to surrender, would we shoot at them ?''
''absolutely not''
Soldiers confused as hell 😂😂😂

[abijitguptatrading]

Israel has the right to defend herself from white flags and shouting, "help us" in Hebrew.

[Sk.surab]

When he says, " This is not the IDF" he actually means it is the IDF.

[Rizbizo]

Give him a Oscar. Guess we will never know what he instructs when the cameras are off.

[drpattia]

He has nerve to "lecture" anyone given the fact that he's the reason why this happened because he was warned in advance that an attack like October 7th would happen and he ignored it.

[MMusa-gyqb]

The level of comedy in israeli media is next level 😂

[MarkDenmark-nzpz]

We got exposed, let’s make a play for the international audience 😉

[Alkhatib]

They came into Gaza to free the hostages but they killed them. What kind of armies is this!

[patrickcowan]

Damage control. That's exactly the IDF.

[aya-inthelightofislam]

They thought they were Palestinian civilians

[OrlyYaRlyK]

Israel always shoots first and sometimes if called out will ask questions later sort of.