The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has said it accidentally killed three Israeli nationals taken hostage by Hamas, explaining that the “tragic” error occurred in a Gaza neighborhood where troops had come under heavy fire.
IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari described the incident during a press briefing on Friday, noting that the three Israeli captives were mistaken for hostile fighters in the Shejaiya region of northern Gaza.
“As a result, the troops fired toward them and they were killed,” Hagari said, adding that “Their bodies were transferred to Israeli territory for examination, after which it was confirmed that they were three Israeli hostages.”
Asked whether the hostages had attempted to surrender themselves or to yell to soldiers in their native Hebrew, the military spokesman said officials are still “reviewing the details.” He vowed to provide “full transparency about all the details of this incident.”
Quick, before the hostages can tell the world they were not mistreated, kek.
Or that their captors were not who we thought they were, hence becoming a loose ends.