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The IDF Slaughtering White Flag Waving Israeli Hostages Shouldn’t Surprise You…
Not only is there a vast precedent for such actions, but it is embedded in their military doctrine.
Over the weekend, three Israeli hostages, Samer Talalka, Yotam Haim and Alon Shamriz, were killed by the IDF (Israeli Defence Force) whilst fleeing Hamas and flying improvised white flags. According to the IDF, this was a ‘mistaken identity’ case. An IDF official has said that, according to an initial investigation into the deaths, “the hostages were fired upon against Israel’s rules of engagement”. Nonetheless, this heinous act only deepens the understandable grief of the already distraught Israeli people and brings the IDF’s profoundly questionable actions in Gaza into sharp focus, not only for the Israeli public but also on the world stage. You see, despite what the IDF says, they have a long, detailed and sordid history of deadly violence against not only Israeli hostages but also non-combatants. So this is why these deeply sorrowful deaths should be of no surprise, and why they may change the course of this horrific conflict.
Before I start, I feel I must address the elephant in the room again and ensure this article’s context is correctly framed. Hamas committed war crimes on October 7 by attacking and taking Israeli…
