Anonymous G replied with this 2 years ago, 6 hours later, 15 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,271,593
@1,271,439 (Father Dave !RsSxeehGwc) > Hence "mistakenly identifying them" you berk.
They weren't "mistakenly identified as children" (implying that the IDF deliberately targets kids) you twat.
Anonymous G replied with this 2 years ago, 32 minutes later, 15 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,271,600
@previous (Father Dave !RsSxeehGwc) > He was joking you complete and utter berk.
Obviously, you dumb cunt. And I was deliberately taking it at face value, because it's the sort of shit credulous idiots like you are wont to believe.
Anonymous G replied with this 2 years ago, 11 minutes later, 17 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,271,609
@1,271,606 (Father Dave !RsSxeehGwc)
Think what you want, Dave. As usual you stupidly misinterpreted the situation. Quit while you're behind before you make an even bigger fool of yourself.
Meta !Sober//iZs (OP) replied with this 2 years ago, 5 hours later, 23 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,271,634
A preliminary IDF investigation of Friday's incident, in which three Israeli hostages who managed to escape Hamas captivity in Gaza were mistakenly identified as enemy and shot dead by the soldiers, concludes that they were killed because the troops did not follow the army's rules of engagement.
According to the investigation, a soldier who was stationed on one of the upper floors of a building in the area has identified three figures who held a long stick that had a white fabric attached to it.
The report states that, for some reason, the soldier felt threatened and opened fire on the group. Two hostages were hit and fell to the ground, and the third managed to escape into a nearby building.
At the same time, the soldier reported to his commanding officer that he had encountered who he had believed were Hamas members. The commander then arrived at the scene, while another IDF squad that was nearby followed the third hostage, who managed to escape into a hiding place inside the building.
The report says that as the soldiers approached the building, they began to hear shouts in Hebrew, asking for their help. The Israeli hostage who was hiding inside the building came out and ran inside again. According to the soldiers, they believed that it was a Hamas member who was trying to "pull them" into a trap. They proceeded to enter the building, where they killed the hostage.
When the soldiers retrieved the three bodies, they noticed identifying marks that raised a suspicion that they were indeed Israeli hostages who managed to escape.
If actual Israeli civilians, doing everything conceivably possible to not appear like Hamas fighters, get shot up after waving white flags, identifying themselves (in Hebrew) as friendly Israelis... it kinda makes one doubt that "the most moral army in the world" is really trying their best to minimize civilian casualties.