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Israeli Families Seek Probe into Reports Israeli Tank Killed Hostages in Kibbutz Be’eri on Oct. 7

HeadlineJan 08, 2024

The Israeli newspaper Haaretz is reporting a group of family members of Israelis who were killed in Kibbutz Be’eri on October 7 are demanding a probe into how their relatives died. An Israeli brigadier general recently admitted that he ordered an Israeli tank commander to fire on a home where Hamas fighters were holding 15 Israelis hostage. Brigadier General Barak Hiram told The New York Times that he had ordered the tank commander to “break in, even at the cost of civilian casualties.” Only two of the 15 Israeli hostages survived.

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