The captives have been killed throughout fight with Palestinian fighters after they have been erroneously recognized as a menace.
The Israeli military has killed three captives held by Palestinian armed teams in Gaza after “mistakenly” figuring out them as a menace, in response to Israeli navy officers.
The navy mentioned on Friday that the captives have been killed throughout fight with Palestinian teams in Gaza and expressed its condolences to the households whereas saying there could be “full transparency” within the investigation into the incident, which is “under review”.
“During combat in Shujayea, the [Israeli 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 press release.
“The [Israeli army] began reviewing the incident immediately … Immediate lessons from the event have been learned, which have been passed on to all [Israeli army] troops in the field,” it added, expressing “deep remorse over the tragic incident”.
The hostages have been recognized as three younger males who had been kidnapped from Israeli communities in the course of the Hamas assault on October 7 – 28-year-old Yotam Haim, 25-year-old Samer Al-Talalka and 26-year-old Alon Shamriz.
The military’s chief spokesman, Daniel Hagari, mentioned Israeli troops discovered the hostages and erroneously recognized them as a menace. He mentioned it was believed that the three had both fled their captors or been deserted.
Israeli troops have engaged in fierce battles with Palestinian fighters within the space in current days.
About 250 captives have been taken into Gaza by Palestinian teams in the course of the October 7 assault on southern Israel, which killed round 1,200 folks, in response to Israeli authorities.
Israel’s conflict on Gaza has killed greater than 18,700 Palestinians, in response to Gaza’s Well being Ministry, most of them ladies and youngsters. 1000’s extra are lacking and trapped beneath the rubble.
The Israeli authorities has repeatedly acknowledged that bringing dwelling all the hostages is certainly one of its principal goals within the conflict.
So far, 110 of the captives have been freed, largely throughout a seven-day truce final month in trade for Palestinians held in Israeli jails.
Israel has additionally repatriated eight our bodies, together with on Friday these of twin Israeli-French nationwide Elia Toledano, 28, kidnapped from an digital music pageant, and two 19-year-old troopers.
The deaths have been introduced as US Nationwide Safety Adviser Jake Sullivan mentioned the US and Israel have been discussing a timetable for scaling again the offensive in opposition to Hamas, although they agree the general struggle will take months.
Sullivan additionally met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to debate the besieged enclave’s postwar future.
US President Joe Biden’s administration has expressed unease over Israel’s failure to cut back civilian casualties and its plans for the way forward for Gaza, however the White Home continues to supply wholehearted help for Israel with weapons shipments and diplomatic backing.
Israeli air raids and shelling continued Friday, together with within the southern metropolis of Rafah, a part of the shrinking areas of tiny, densely populated Gaza to which Palestinian civilians had been instructed by Israel to evacuate.
