Prime Minister Netanyahu characterized the Israeli Army’s mistaken killing of three hostages in Gaza as a “unbearable tragedy

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu referred to Friday’s “unbearable tragedy” after the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) “mistakenly” murdered three captives after “mistakenly” identifying them as a danger and firing against them.

Netanyahu posted on the social networking site X with the following message: “Together with the entire people of Israel, I bow my head in deep sorrow and mourn the fall of three of our dear sons who were kidnapped, among them Yotam Chaim and Samer Fouad al-Talalka.”

“This catastrophe is intolerable. This tonight, the whole State of Israel will be in mourning. My thoughts and prayers are with the bereaved families at this trying time. “I fortify our courageous fighters who risk their lives to fulfill the holy duty of rescuing our kidnapped ones,” he said.

Even on this trying evening, Netanyahu said, Israel would “learn the lessons and continue with a supreme effort to return all our abductees home safely.”

This followed the IDF’s announcement that, while engaged in fighting in Shejaiya, it mistook three Israeli captives for a danger. As a consequence, it opened fire on them, killing the hostages. It further said that the captives’ remains were later moved to Israeli territory for analysis, where it was determined that the three hostages were Israeli and that they had been recognized. Yotam Haim, Samer Talalka, and Alon Shamriz were among those slain; on October 7, the terrorist group Hamas abducted them from Kibbutz Kfar Aza.

“The IDF started looking into the event right away. The IDF stresses that the fighting that has been going on for the last several days has taken place in an active battle zone. All IDF soldiers in the field have received the immediate lessons that have been learned from the incident, according to the IDF.

“The IDF extends its sincere condolences to the families and expresses its profound regret for the terrible tragedy. It went on, “Our national objective is to find the missing and bring all the hostages back home.
On October 7, Hamas also brought more than 200 individuals into the Gaza Strip as captives. Israel then began a fierce counteroffensive in Gaza, aimed at the terror groups affiliated with Hamas.