The Israeli Chief of Staff bears responsibility for the killing of 3 detainees in Gaza
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The Israeli Chief of Staff bears responsibility for the killing of 3 detainees in Gaza
Israeli Chief of Staff Herzi Halevy claimed responsibility for the mistaken killing of 3 Israeli detainees in the Gaza Strip by Israeli soldiers.
He said, in a video clip posted on the “X” platform, on Saturday night: “The army and I, as its commander, are responsible for what happened and we will do everything in our power to prevent such cases from occurring again in the future of fighting.”
He explained that people who carry white flags and want to surrender should not be shot. Halevy stressed that the rules of engagement were violated when the detainees were killed. Halevy admitted that “the three detainees did everything to make us recognize them as such... They took off their shirts so we could see that they were not wearing explosive belts, and they were carrying a white flag.”
At the same time, he noted that the soldiers were in an active combat zone. Armed men are active there in civilian clothes, and every decision that could make the difference between life and death is taken in a fraction of a second
An Israeli army spokesman had said earlier that the three left a building dozens of meters away. According to the report, one of the soldiers felt threatened and opened fire.
Israeli forces launched a ground attack on the Gaza Strip following an attack launched by the Palestinian Hamas movement on October 7, on Israeli territory across the border, which resulted in the killing of about 1,200 people and the taking of about 240 hostages.
The ground attack was preceded and accompanied by air bombardment. According to Hamas, about 18,700 people were killed, the majority of whom were civilians.
According to the German News Agency, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the killing of the detainees as an “unbearable tragedy.”
It is noteworthy that, according to Israeli estimates, 112 people taken from Israel are still detained in the Gaza Strip. Netanyahu's office said that Hamas has not yet released the bodies of 20 people who were taken last October 7. Hundreds of people demonstrated spontaneously on Friday evening in Tel Aviv to protest the killing of detainees.
The released detainees, a number of relatives of those still detained, and hundreds of their supporters demonstrated on Saturday evening in Tel Aviv, demanding that Netanyahu make more efforts to release the remaining people detained in Gaza.
The people had gathered in a square in front of the Art Museum in the center of the city, which has since been called “Detainees’ Square,” as they have done many times since the start of the war.
Noam Perry, a relative of a detainee in Gaza, accused the Israeli war government led by Netanyahu of claiming that military pressure was necessary to release the detainees. “During this (military pressure), we are getting more detainees back, but as corpses,” Perry complained. Other demonstrators in the protest march called on the government to
Israeli Chief of Staff Herzi Halevy claimed responsibility for the mistaken killing of 3 Israeli detainees in the Gaza Strip by Israeli soldiers.
He said, in a video clip posted on the “X” platform, on Saturday night: “The army and I, as its commander, are responsible for what happened and we will do everything in our power to prevent such cases from occurring again in the future of fighting.”
He explained that people who carry white flags and want to surrender should not be shot. Halevy stressed that the rules of engagement were violated when the detainees were killed. Halevy admitted that “the three detainees did everything to make us recognize them as such... They took off their shirts so we could see that they were not wearing explosive belts, and they were carrying a white flag.”
At the same time, he noted that the soldiers were in an active combat zone. Armed men are active there in civilian clothes, and every decision that could make the difference between life and death is taken in a fraction of a second
An Israeli army spokesman had said earlier that the three left a building dozens of meters away. According to the report, one of the soldiers felt threatened and opened fire.
Israeli forces launched a ground attack on the Gaza Strip following an attack launched by the Palestinian Hamas movement on October 7, on Israeli territory across the border, which resulted in the killing of about 1,200 people and the taking of about 240 hostages.
The ground attack was preceded and accompanied by air bombardment. According to Hamas, about 18,700 people were killed, the majority of whom were civilians.
According to the German News Agency, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the killing of the detainees as an “unbearable tragedy.”
It is noteworthy that, according to Israeli estimates, 112 people taken from Israel are still detained in the Gaza Strip. Netanyahu's office said that Hamas has not yet released the bodies of 20 people who were taken last October 7. Hundreds of people demonstrated spontaneously on Friday evening in Tel Aviv to protest the killing of detainees.
The released detainees, a number of relatives of those still detained, and hundreds of their supporters demonstrated on Saturday evening in Tel Aviv, demanding that Netanyahu make more efforts to release the remaining people detained in Gaza.
The people had gathered in a square in front of the Art Museum in the center of the city, which has since been called “Detainees’ Square,” as they have done many times since the start of the war.
Noam Perry, a relative of a detainee in Gaza, accused the Israeli war government led by Netanyahu of claiming that military pressure was necessary to release the detainees. “During this (military pressure), we are getting more detainees back, but as corpses,” Perry complained. Other demonstrators in the protest march called on the government to