The Israeli army mistakenly identified three Israeli hostages as a threat and shot and killed them during combat in Gaza City. The army expressed deep remorse over the tragic incident and stated that immediate lessons have been learned.
The Israeli army said its troops shot and killed three hostages on Friday after "mistakenly" identifying them as a threat. "During combat in Shejaiya (a battleground neighbourhood of Gaza City ), the IDF (army) mistakenly identified three Israeli hostages as a threat. As a result, the troops fired toward them and they were killed," the army said in a statement.
"Immediate lessons from the event have been learned, which have been passed on to all IDF troops in the field," it added, expressing "deep remorse over the tragic incident". The army identified the hostages as Yotam Haim and Alon Shamriz, both taken from Kibbutz Kfar Aza during Hamas's October 7 attack, and Samer El-Talalqa, who was taken from Kibbutz Nir Am. "This is an unbearable tragedy," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement. "The entire State of Israel mourns this evening. My heart goes out to the grieving families in their difficult time
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