Brother of slain hostage: 'There was light at the end, now only darkness'

Ido Shamriz, the brother of hostage Alon Lulu Shamriz who was mistakenly slain by IDF soldiers along with two other captives as they tried to escape, posts a heartbreaking message on social media.

“Here there was light at the end, now there’s only darkness,” he posts on X. “Alon, my brother, a brave hero.”

The post comes after the IDF reveals that the three escaped hostages were shirtless and waving a white flag as they approached troops in Gaza’s battle-scarred Shejaiya neighborhood, but they were shot and killed in contravention of military open fire protocols.