The spokesperson for the Israeli army announced the death on Friday of three hostages killed “by mistake” in the north of the Gaza Strip.
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“We could have suspected that by starting a war of this violence the fate of the hostages was at stake”, estimates General Jean-Paul Paloméros, former chief of staff of the French air force and commander within NATO, on franceinfo Friday December 15. Earlier, the spokesperson for the Israeli army announced the death of three hostages, in Shujaiya, in the north of the Gaza Strip, killed “by mistake”. These are three Israelis, whose bodies were repatriated to Israel.
“For a while we thought that hostage status could preserve these men and women” because for Hamas “it was a bargaining chip”, explains Jean-Paul Paloméros. But since the resumption of fighting [le 27 octobre]the general believes that the fate of the hostages “has more to do with luck than anything else.”
For Jean-Paul Paloméros, “Israeli soldiers are also at the end of their nerves, they are gambling with their lives.”, “we must put ourselves in the place of Israeli soldiers who are in an extremely difficult situation”. According to him, this drama is not likely to turn public opinion, “I think the Israelis have hardened after what they experienced on October 7 [l’attaque meurtrière du Hamas]”, “they can understand these mistakes but it should not be repeated”.
