Alon Shamriz, Yotam Haim and Samer Talalka.
Israeli troops killed three Israeli hostages in Gaza on December 15 when it mistook their cries for help as a ruse by Hamas militants to draw them into an ambush, the Israeli military said on Thursday, saying that the soldiers acted rightly to the best of their understanding.
On December 15, the military immediately took responsibility for killing the three hostages, who were abducted by militants during Hamas’ October 7 attack on towns in southern Israel. They were among 240 people taken hostage by the Palestinian group.