Last Updated: December 16, 2023, 06:56 IST
(*3*)People maintain posters throughout a non secular ceremony to hope for hostages kidnapped on the lethal October 7 assault by Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, after a momentary truce between Israel and Hamas expired, in Tel Aviv, Israel. (Image: Reuters)
Hamas kidnapped round 250 hostages throughout its October 7 assault on Israel, which killed 1,139 folks, in accordance with official figures
The Israeli military mentioned its troops shot and killed three hostages on Friday after “mistakenly” figuring out them as a menace. “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 military mentioned in a assertion.
“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”.
During fight in Shejaiya, the IDF mistakenly recognized 3 Israeli hostages as a menace and as a outcome, fired towards them and the hostages had been killed. 1/1— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) December 15, 2023
Who are they
The Israeli military mentioned their our bodies had been transferred to Israeli territory for examination the place it was confirmed that they had been 3 Israeli hostages and had been recognized. The IDF recognized the hostages as Yotam Haim and Alon Shamriz, each taken from Kibbutz Kfar Aza throughout Hamas’s October 7 assault, and Samer El-Talalqa, who was taken from Kibbutz Nir Am.
“This is an unbearable tragedy,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mentioned in a assertion. “The entire State of Israel mourns this evening. My heart goes out to the grieving families in their difficult time.”
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:Together with the complete folks of Israel, I bow my head in deep sorrow and mourn the demise of three of our hostages, together with Yotam Haim and Samer Fouad Talalka.
— Prime Minister of Israel (@IsraeliPM) December 15, 2023
Army spokesman Daniel Hagari mentioned the army “bears responsibility for everything that happened”. “We believe that the three Israelis either escaped or were abandoned by terrorists who held them captive,” he mentioned, including: “We still don’t know these details.”
Hamas kidnapped round 250 hostages throughout its October 7 assault on Israel, which killed 1,139 folks, in accordance with official figures. Israel’s retaliatory conflict towards the group has killed greater than 18,700 folks, in accordance with the territory’s Hamas-run well being ministry. The Israeli authorities has promised to deliver residence all the hostages as considered one of its chief conflict goals.
Biden Briefed
US President Joe Biden was briefed on Friday by his nationwide safety staff about Israeli forces mistakenly killing three hostages in Gaza, in accordance with White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby. “It’s heartbreaking, it’s tragic,” Kirby mentioned.
Kirby mentioned the US anticipated Israel would conduct an investigation to raised perceive the circumstances that result in Israeli troops mistakenly killing the captives. He added that in the meanwhile too little was recognized concerning the incident to “make some sort of broad judgment about the specific circumstances here.”
(With company inputs)
