Patrick Kingsley, Aaron Boxerman, Natan Odenheimer, Ronen Bergman, Marco Hernandez, The New York Times, ISSN 0362-4331 (WC · ACNP), https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/12/22/world/europe/beeri-massacre.html.
«As the dusk approached, the SWAT commander and General Hiram began to argue. The SWAT commander thought more kidnappers might surrender. The general wanted the situation resolved by nightfall. Minutes later, the militants launched a rocket-propelled grenade, according to the general and other witnesses who spoke to The Times. ‘The negotiations are over,’ General Hiram recalled telling the tank commander. ‘Break in, even at the cost of civilian casualties.’ The tank fired two light shells at the house. Shrapnel from the second shell hit Mr. Dagan in the neck, severing an artery and killing him, his wife said. During the melee, the kidnappers were also killed. Only two of the 14 hostages — Ms. Dagan and Ms. Porat — survived.»
