IDF spokesman blames deaths during hostage rescue operation on Hamas tactics

Published June 9, 2024 2:20pm ET



The Israel Defense Forces blamed Palestinian civilian casualties in a hostage rescue operation on the tactics of the terrorist organization Hamas.

Israel carried out one of its first hostage rescue operations within Gaza, in an operation IDF Chief Spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari compared to its famous raid on Entebbe, Uganda, in 1976.

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