Alon Shamriz's family say they were not notified that an audio recording of Shamriz pleading for help was leaked to the media

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/16771956

The family of an Israeli hostage who was gunned down by Israeli soldiers in Gaza say that they were not notified that an audio recording of him pleading for help had been leaked to the media.

Alon Shamriz, 26, was shot dead along with two other hostages, Yotam Haim, 28, and Samar Fouad Talalka, 24, after they had escaped their captors.

They were killed by Israeli forces as they approached them shirtless and waving a white cloth in the Gaza City neighbourhood of Shujaiya. A military spokesperson said that the men had been mistakenly identified as a threat.

  • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldEnglish
    31·
    8 months ago

    Did the IDF soldiers not speak Hebrew or something? It’s super weird that they shot those guy after they spoke Hebrew to them

    A military spokesperson said that the men had been mistakenly identified as a threat.

    Yeah just like all those people at the flour massacare

    • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
      82·
      8 months ago

      It’s fucked up, no question there.

      But I would assume most people in the area would speak enough Hebrew to at least be passable in this. (And vice versa, enough Arabic going the other way.)

      I just don’t see that as a reason to not think it’s a trap. It’s fucked, but they’re consistent: everyone is Hamas.