Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed his country on Saturday night about the tragic accident that unfolded late this week in which three of the Israeli hostages that were taken by Hamas were accidentally killed inside Gaza.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Friday that it “mistakenly identified 3 Israeli hostages as a threat and as a result, fired toward them and the hostages were killed.”
The three hostages — Yotam Haim, Samer Talalka, and Alon Shamriz — were all kidnapped from Kibbutz Kfar Aza by Hamas terrorists during their unprecedented attack on October 7.
The IDF said that they immediately launched an investigation into the incident and that it has learned “immediate lessons” that have since “been passed on to all IDF troops in the field.”
“The IDF expresses deep remorse over the tragic incident and sends the families its heartfelt…
