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.

  • Tangent5280@lemmy.worldEnglish
    812·
    9 months ago

    Jesus Christ, imagine pulling off the heist of your lives, sneaking around and escaping your captors, evading recapture from terrorists and scared civilians for however long in the bombed out badlands, finally glimpsing your hope and salvation in the distance, and then getting shot down by the very soldiers you put your hopes in. Brutal.

    • saltesc@lemmy.worldEnglish
      581·
      9 months ago

      Well they shouldn’t have been unarmed, half naked, and waving white flags.

        • Opafi@feddit.deEnglish
          46·
          9 months ago

          Soldiers reported they had heard cries of “help” and “hostages” in Hebrew, but that they assumed it was an attempt by Hamas to lure them into a trap.

          They also reportedly found signs left by the hostages to get the military’s attention but dismissed these as part of the supposed ploy.

          Everybody’s Hamas. If they’re not, they’re Hamas in disguise.

    • groupofcrows@lemmy.caEnglish
      19·
      9 months ago

      "They used food to stain a cloth with the words “help 3 hostages” written in Hebrew, as well as “SOS,” to alert the IDF to their location. An Israeli drone captured video of the signs hanging from a building, but the battalion that was there at the time marked the building as a potential trap, according to the preliminary IDF review.

      A sniper positioned more than 100 yards away fired the shots that killed Shamriz and Telalka — and wounded Haim, the IDF said.

      Haim then ran back inside the building and called out for help in Hebrew. The battalion commander held fire. But when Haim re-emerged in the doorway, another soldier, against the orders of the commander to not fire, shot him dead, according to a preliminary assessment. The soldiers reportedly said they had not fully understood their commands."

      https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna130912&ved=2ahUKEwj-pZuYk92EAxVPJjQIHS7ZBfQQFnoECBkQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1u2cOBDMEG6Bmi9vEvSOnD