An Israel Defense Forces General Staff team has begun investigating an incident in which 12 hostages held by Hamas terrorists were killed in the home of Pessi Cohen in Kibbutz Be’eri on October 7.

Yasmin Porat and Hadas Dagan, the only two survivors of the incident, say that the house was shelled by a tank. That has raised suspicions that Brig. Gen. Barak Hiram, the commander of the army’s 99th Division who led the fighting in the kibbutz, ordered a tank crew to fire on Cohen’s house even though he knew hostages were being held there.

  • febra@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    So… they shot at their own people?

    EDIT: If you’re downvoting at least tell me what wrong thing I said. As of now, it’s nothing more than a question.

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      10 months ago

      Yes, look up the Hannibal Doctrine. Basically Israel would rather kill their own than risk them being taken as hostages.