Cass. Israeli soldiers mistakenly shoot Hamas hostages

Israeli soldiers accidentally shot and killed three Hamas hostages during clashes in Gaza City, an Israel Defense Forces spokesman said on Friday.

Soldiers They mistook the hostages for a threat and opened fire, they were killed on the spot. Hagari said that after the shooting, “immediate doubts arose about the identity of the dead and their bodies were quickly taken to Israel for examination, where the hostages were identified.”

– This is a sad and painful event for all of us, The Israel Defense Forces are fully responsible for them – said Hagari.

– It happened in the area where it happened Soldiers encountered many terrorists. Including suicide bombers, he added. He also said he shared the “pain of the families” of the slain hostages.

Hagari said he would pursue the case An investigation was conductedHowever, for now, the military is still “gathering the facts and clarifying the details of the incident.” He assured that the investigation would be completely transparent.

On Tuesday, 105 soldiers have died since the Israeli army began fighting with Hamas. 13 were killed when other Israeli troops mistakenly identified them as enemy fighters.

On Friday, Al-Jazeera reported that he had been killed in an Israeli strike in the town of Khan Yunus in the southern Gaza Strip. The operator of this Arabic TV station is Samar Abu Daqa.

Abu Daqa was injured along with his colleague, Al-Jazeera’s Gaza correspondent Wael Al-Dadu while reporting on the attack on the school. They were injured by a missile fired from a drone.

Al-Dadhu was wounded in the arm and Abu Daqqa was reported lying on the floor of the school and unable to come out. “Rescuers were able to pull out only the operator’s body.” – Al-Jazeera reported.

According to television, Israeli forces prevented medical teams from quickly reaching the wounded Abu Daqqa.