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Search dog camera recorded calls for help from shot hostages
December 21, 2023, 12:03 p.m
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The three hostages accidentally killed by Israeli soldiers are discovered before their deaths by a search dog wearing a body camera. Their tormentors apparently die in the battle, but those kidnapped manage to escape. But the valuable images are not found in time.
When an Israeli army search dog was deployed in the Gaza Strip, cries for help from three hostages were recorded, who were accidentally shot by soldiers five days later. The dog was sent into a building with a body camera during a battle, Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari said.
“The terrorists shot the dog, and from that point on we heard the voices of the hostages,” Hagari said. The camera on the body of the dog that was killed in the operation was only found and evaluated on Tuesday. The building is about a kilometer away from where the hostages were later shot.
After analyzing the camera footage, it is assumed that the men who held the hostages were killed in the incident. The hostages were then apparently able to escape from the building.
Israeli soldiers accidentally shot the three Israeli hostages on Friday in Shejaiya in the north of the sealed-off coastal strip. They had no shirts on, one was holding a stick with a white piece of cloth in his hand. The army later said the soldiers had acted against rules of engagement when they opened fire.
During a massacre in the Israeli border area on October 7, terrorists from the Islamist terrorist organization Hamas and other groups kidnapped around 240 people into the Gaza Strip. During a ceasefire, 105 hostages were released in exchange for 240 Palestinian prisoners. Israel suspects that more than 100 hostages are still being held in the coastal strip.