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The Israeli army has acknowledged accidentally causing the death of three Israeli captives while conducting a ground mission in the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli military discovered the group on Friday and shot at them, thinking they were a danger, according to Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, the army’s main spokesperson.
Three individuals, Yotam Haim, Samer Talalka, and another male hostage whose name was not revealed by his family, were fatally shot in the Gaza City neighborhood of Shijaiyah. The area has been a site of intense clashes between Israeli soldiers and Hamas fighters in the past few days.
Yotam Haim was one of the three Israeli captives who were fatally attacked in the Shijaiyah region of Gaza City.
The three individuals were transported to the Hatzvi Centre located at the Shura Camp, where their identities were confirmed. On October 7th, Haim was abducted by Hamas from Kibbutz Kfar Aza, and Talalka was taken by the militants from Kibbutz Nir Am on the same day.
It is uncertain whether the hostages managed to escape from their captors or were left behind, according to Rear Admiral Hagari.
The IDF conveyed its sincere apologies and offered heartfelt sympathies to the families, as stated by the source.
He stated that the IDF began investigating the incident promptly.
2008
Amidst the wreckage caused by an Israeli airstrike in December 2008, individuals congregate in Rafah of the southern Gaza Strip during the early morning.
The military announced in a statement on Friday evening that the IDF wants to stress that this area is currently a live battleground where there has been continuous fighting in the past few days.
Lessons were quickly gleaned from the event and shared with all IDF soldiers in active duty.
The statement stated: “Our primary goal as a nation is to find and safely bring back all the captured individuals to their homes.”
As of Friday morning, Israel reported that there were still 132 hostages in Gaza, out of which 20 have been killed.
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In November 2019, images of Israeli captives being held by Hamas fighters were displayed on the walls of Jerusalem’s Old City.
According to a US representative, the US and Israel are in talks about a timeline for reducing the intensity of military operations in the battle against Hamas. However, they both acknowledge that the conflict will likely continue for several months.
Jake Sullivan, the US national security adviser, held a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to talk about the future of the besieged Gaza Strip. A senior US official stated that this future may involve reinstating Palestinian security forces who were displaced from their roles in Gaza during Hamas’ takeover in 2007.
On Friday, Al Jazeera, a television network based in Qatar, reported that a journalist named Samer Abu Daqqa, who was working as a cameraman in Gaza, was killed by an Israeli attack.
The network stated that the strike injured Wael Dahdouh, the chief correspondent in Gaza, while he and another individual were reporting from a school in the southern city of Khan Younis during the incident.
Prior to the passing of Mr. Abu Daqqa, a total of 63 journalists have lost their lives since the start of the conflict between Hamas and Israel on October 7th. This information comes from The Committee to Protect Journalists, an organization dedicated to promoting press freedom. Among the casualties were 56 Palestinians, four Israelis, and three Lebanese individuals.
Mr. Dahdouh, an experienced journalist who has covered numerous conflicts between Israel and Gaza, sustained injuries from shrapnel on his right arm.
Source: independent.co.uk
