Israeli High Court declines to recognize hostage killed by military as fallen IDF soldier

The High Court of Justice rejected on Sunday the petition by the parents of Alon Shamriz to recognize him as a fallen soldier eligible for burial in a military cemetery and to recognize them as bereaved parents. Loading... 'A Spit in the Face' The justices ruled that the circumstances of the hostage's death, who was accidentally shot by IDF troops while escaping captivity in Gaza, do not fall under cases in which the law recognizes a civilian killed in action as an IDF casualty The High Court of Justice rejected on Sunday the petition by the parents of Alon Shamriz to recognize him as a fallen soldier eligible for burial in a military cemetery and to recognize them as bereaved parents.