Israeli Army confessed to killing this Friday three hostages Hamas, who was held captive in the Gaza Strip and “misidentified as a threat”.
“During the conflicts ShujaiyaThe Israel Defense Forces mistakenly identified three hostages as threats. As a result, the soldiers opened fire on them and killed them,” the statement said, but it was not stated when the accident occurred.
The army has been fighting intensely against Hamas for more than a week in the Shujaiya neighborhood on the outskirts of Gaza City. One of the group’s strongholds and where Israel believes he is hiding several of the hostages they are holding in the area.
Spokesperson Daniel Hagari said, “This is a tragic incident, the Army is responsible for this,” and clarified the issue in that region.“The soldiers encountered many terrorists, including suicide bombers.”
The army announced that doubts regarding the identity of the deceased emerged during the searches in the area where the incident occurred, therefore the bodies were transferred to Israeli territory for examination, and the body of the deceased was then transferred to Israeli territory for examination. “Three Israelis confirmed they were hostages.”
The hostages have been identified Yotam Chaim and Samer TalalkaBoth were kidnapped from the kibbutz by Hamas last October. Kfar Aza and this Nir Am, respectively; and a third person whose family asked not to be identified.
Their bodies were taken to the center hatzvi on military base councilIt is where many of the victims of the Hamas attack were identified, their remains analyzed and identified.
“Representatives Israel Defense Forces The statement stated that the police notified all hostage families.
The army stated that They will investigate the incident “immediately” and explained that Shujaiya was “an active war zone with continuous fighting for the past few days.”
“Immediate lessons were learned from the incident and these lessons were passed on to all units in the field.”The army stated that it was “deeply saddened by the tragic accident” and expressed its “deepest condolences” to the families.
More than one 240 people There are still 129 hostages inside Israeli territory that Israel kidnapped in the October 7 attack, and about twenty of them are believed to be dead.
Israeli officials announced this morning that they had recovered the bodies of three hostages (French-Israeli civilians) captured alive by Hamas. Elia Toledano; and soldiers Nik Beizer and Ron Sherman.
The military also confirmed the death in combat today. three soldiersThis brought the number of casualties in its ranks to 119 since the beginning of the ground offensive in the region.