Preliminary IDF Report: Hostages Killed by Soldiers Waved White Flag, One Yelled for Help in Hebrew

According to the report, Israeli soldiers spotted a building in the area two days prior to the tragedy with the inscriptions 'SOS' and 'help!' on one of its walls. IDF force operating in area marked the building as a possible trap

Yaniv Kubovich
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A preliminary investigation by the Israeli army of the circumstances in which three Israeli hostages in Gaza who escaped Hamas captivity were mistakenly shot dead by Israeli soldiers reveals that the incident occurred because soldiers failed to follow the army's rules of engagement.

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