The three escaped hostages killed by Israel Defense Forces soldiers (Three Israeli Hostages Escape Hamas and Are Killed by ‘Friendly Fire’) were shirtless and waving a white flag as they approached IDF lines.
According to a senior IDF officer familiar with the ongoing investigation, the three men were observed by an IDF soldier exiting a building “several dozen meters away.” They were shirtless and carried a stick with a white rag affixed to it.
The soldier, who believed the men moving toward him was an attempt by Hamas to lure IDF soldiers into a trap, immediately opened fire and shouted “terrorists!” to the other forces.
According to the probe, that soldier killed two of the men, while the third, who was hit and wounded, fled back into the building from which he came.
At that stage, the commander of the battalion, who was also in the building where the soldier shot from, went…
