Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said in a statement: “Together with the entire people of Israel, I bow my head in deep sorrow and mourn the death of three of our dear sons who were kidnapped. He said the army expressed “deep sorrow” and was investigating. “Perhaps in the last few days, or over the past day – we still don’t know all the details – they reached this area,” he said. As a result, the troops fired toward them and they were killed.”Īrmy spokesperson Rear Adm Daniel Hagari said it was believed that the three had either fled their captors or been abandoned. In a statement late on Friday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said: “During combat in Shejaiya, the IDF mistakenly identified three Israeli hostages as a threat. The exact circumstances of their deaths were not immediately clear.

The hostages were killed in the Gaza City area of Shejaiya, where troops have been engaged in fierce fighting with Hamas militants in recent days. The army identified the three killed hostages as Yotam Haim and Alon Shamriz, who were taken from Kfar Aza kibbutz during Hamas’s 7 October attack, and Samer El-Talalqa, taken from Nir Am kibbutz. Separately, the Qatar-based television network Al Jazeera said that one of its journalists was killed and and another was injured in a drone strike while reporting in Khan Younis.

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