IDF helicopter shot Israeli festivalgoers during Hamas assault, report uncovers

 Israelis encountered difficulty identifying Hamas fighters, prompting pilots to use artillery against festivalfoers

Sunday, November 19, 2023

IDF chopper "erroneously" shot festivalgoers in the midst of assault: report.
Haaretz report difficulties laid out Israeli account.
Report claims Hamas trained its contenders to mix in with swarm.

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A new report from Haaretz paper uncovered that in the midst of the October 7 assault by Hamas on Israel, an Israeli military helicopter hit celebration members while drawing in Palestinian warriors.

The Israeli security evaluation, in view of an examination by police with captured Hamas shooters, proposed that the assailants had no earlier data about the celebration held close to Kibbutz Re'im, near the Gaza line.

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During the assault, Israeli powers experienced trouble recognizing Hamas warriors, provoking helicopter pilots to utilize mounted guns against celebration members. The report shows that Hamas educated its contenders to mix in with the group, endeavoring to beguile the flying corps into accepting they were Israelis.

"The Hamas fear based oppressors were told to mix in with the group gradually and not to move for any reason," the paper said in its report.

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"Along these lines, they attempted to trick the Aviation based armed forces into trusting that those underneath were Israelis. This trickery worked until the Apache helicopters needed to break liberated from all limitations. The pilots found it hard to recognize who was a fear based oppressor and who was an Israeli," the report added.

In opposition to the authority Israeli story, which guaranteed that Hamas shooters purposely designated and killed festivalgoers, the examination disproves this record.

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The Haaretz report difficulties the laid out Israeli account and highlights the intricacies looked by Israeli powers in distinctive warriors from regular citizens during struggle circumstances.

The episode brought about setbacks among celebration members, featuring the disastrous results of such misidentifications in the midst of progressing threats among Israel and Palestinian gatherings.