Israeli soldiers I have it on Friday by mistake three hostages killed by terrorist organization Hamas were kidnapped to the Gaza Strip. During a combat in Shejaiya The three hostages were “inadvertently seen as a threat,” which is why the soldiers shot at them, the official said. army on Friday night on X (formerly Twitter). An investigation was immediately launched and the bodies had already been brought to Israel.
“The Army deeply regrets the tragic incident and conveys its deepest condolences to the families,” the statement added. “Our national task is to track down the missing people and bring all the hostages home.”
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Israel under pressure
The Israeli government has been under enormous internal political pressure for weeks from relatives of those kidnapped, who are demanding an end to military action. Because of the incident, the pressure may now increase.
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With the mediation of the Emirate of Qatar, several dozen hostages were released at the end of November in exchange for Palestinian prisoners. Among them were the wife and children of Tal Shoham, with dual Israeli-Austrian citizenship, who is apparently still under the control of the terrorists. After an agreement to extend the agreement failed, Israel resumed military action to destroy the terrorist organization Hamas.
Two of the dead hostages were identified as Yotam Haim and Samer Talalka. The name of the third person killed was not released at the family's request. The incident occurred in an “active combat area,” the army said. You already have the first to teach extracted from the incident and transmitted to troops operating in the Gaza Strip.
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According to Israeli information, around 240 people were taken hostage in the Gaza Strip during the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel on October 7. More than 130 theirs should still under the control of Hamas illness.
Journalist killed in Gaza
Meanwhile, Al Jazeera news channel reported that one of its cameramen was killed in the southern Gaza Strip. O Video journalist Samer Abu Dakka was injured along with a colleague while reporting on the bombing of a school, the broadcaster reported on Friday night. However, the rescue team was unable to reach him in time to treat him. They just managed to recover his body. The journalists were hit by a rocket fired from a drone in the town of Khan Younis, in the south of the Gaza Strip.
Israel continued its military offensive in the Gaza Strip on Friday despite international calls for restraint. At the north Clouds of smoke rose from the area Khan Younis In the south, according to the Ministry of Health, controlled by the Islamist Hamas, there were “dozens of people killed and injured”. Israeli military spokesman Daniel Hagari said troops were involved in fighting with militants in two districts of Gaza City on Thursday night. There will be “even tougher battles” in the coming days.
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At the same time, Israel appeared to be trying to counter international criticism of its actions through a humanitarian aid operation. Like the Prime Minister's Office Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Friday that Border crossing Kerem Shalom for Aid deliveries Open. This means the country is fulfilling the obligation agreed in the hostage agreement to allow 200 trucks with relief supplies to be sent every day to the densely populated coastal strip. Until now, relief supplies had only reached the area via the Egyptian border crossing at Rafah.
According to its own account, the Israeli army destroyed the command and control center of an important Hamas battalion. Soldiers also killed terrorists during the operation in the Hamas stronghold of Shejaiya, the military announced on Friday. A tunnel complex was also destroyed. According to a spokesman, the Israeli army is now using explosives to kill Hamas terrorists in tunnels under the Gaza Strip. “We have new combat methods that we will use to kill terrorists.