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The investigation - released nearly two weeks after the incident - repeats previous reporting that the hostages were shirtless and one of them was waving a white flag.
Israeli soldiers who fatally shot three hostages spotted running from a building in the Gaza City neighborhood of Shejaiya violated the rules of engagement but acted without malice, Israel Defense Forces officials said Thursday after releasing details of an internal probe into the incident.
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According to the IDF, a yellow Toyota Corolla found in the internal hospital areas belonged to Samar Talalka, who was kidnapped by Hamas during the October 7 massacre.
The three Israeli hostages were killed by soldiers who hadn’t accounted for the possibility that escaped hostages could be moving around Gaza City.