ISRAELI forces say they have killed three of their own hostages after wrongly identifying them as terror threats.
The three were trying to escape their captors but were shot dead by IDF soldiers.
Reuters
After the fatal shooting, the bodies of the dead Israelis were examined at the Deer Center in Shura camp.
One of them was identified as Samar Fouad Talalka who was kidnapped by Hamas terrorists from Kibbutz Nir Am hatchery.
Another one was identified as Yotam Haim, who was abducted from from Kibbutz Kfar Aza on the same day.
The third hostage has not yet been publicly named, but the family has been informed
IDF has now begun investigating the incident. This is a combat zone where there have been many incidents in recent days. Immediate lessons from the event are now being passed on to all the fighting forces in the field
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