Three Israeli hostages captured by Hamas had been mistakenly killed by Israeli troops combating within the Shijaiyah neighborhood east of Gaza Metropolis, the Israel Protection Forces (IDF) announced Friday.
The victims had been recognized by the IDF as Yotam Haim, who was kidnapped by Hamas from Kfar Aza on Oct. 7, Samer Talalka, who was kidnapped from Nir Am, and Alon Shamriz, who was kidnapped from Kibbutz Kfar Aza.
IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari stated Israeli troops discovered the hostages and erroneously recognized them as a menace. “In consequence the power fired at them they usually had been killed, he wrote on X, the platform previously referred to as Twitter. Throughout a scan and inspection of the realm of the incident, a suspicion arose concerning the id of the useless. The our bodies had been taken for examination in Israeli territory, after which it turned out that they had been three Israeli abductees.”
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Hagari stated the IDF is investigating the incident.
“It is a fight zone the place there have been many incidents in latest days. Rapid classes from the occasion at the moment are being handed on to all of the combating forces within the discipline,” the IDF stated in an announcement. “The IDF expresses deep sorrow for the incident and shares within the grief of the households. The IDF will proceed to behave in all efforts to return the abductees dwelling.”
The three victims had been among the many greater than 200 hostages who had been captured through the Oct. 7 Hamas assault in Israel, which killed roughly 1,200. The Israeli authorities has stated there are an estimated 137 hostages nonetheless held by Hamas. The outbreak of conflict has resulted in important destruction in northern Gaza, with at the least 18,000 useless and 85% of the inhabitants displaced, in keeping with the United Nations.
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