On November 18, during the Nova music festival near Gaza, an Israeli police investigation found that an Israeli combat helicopter targeted some festival attendees. The incident resulted in a significant number of casualties.
Additionally, similar incidents of Israeli military action leading to civilian casualties were reported in other locations near the Gaza border. In Be'eri, Hamas fighters holding Israeli civilians hostage were attacked by Israeli forces, leading to the deaths of both hostages and militants. Among the casualties were two children and their aunt, with one child's body tragically unrecoverable due to building collapse.
In Sderot, a further instance occurred where Hamas militants had seized a local police station. An Israeli army response, involving tank fire, resulted in the deaths of both the militants and the captive Israeli police officers.
The report raises questions about the proportion of Israeli deaths attributable to Hamas's attempts to take hostages and those caused by the Israeli military'
