HeavenlyPossumIsraeli forces killed three Israeli hostages in Gaza on Friday.
The hostages were apparently *trying to surrender* while displaying a *white flag.* The IDF shot and killed two immediately, then hunted down and killed the third while he begged for his life in Hebrew.
Now, we could imagine that this was a singular and unique tragedy. Maybe these soldiers were *particularly murderous.*
But it seems more likely that this incident offers a window into a more general approach by the IDF to killing men in Gaza, including men who are surrendering, and that we only found out about *this* instance because the victims in this case happened to be Israeli hostages, prompting a public investigation.
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