Israeli military accidentally shoots Hamas hostages during operation
The Gaza district of Shejaiya is one of the last Hamas centers in the northern Gaza Strip. During an operation by the Israeli military, a serious mix-up occurs in the district. Soldiers open fire on three hostages, mistaking them for terrorists.
The Israeli military says it has accidentally shot three Hamas hostages during an operation in the Gaza Strip. During an operation in the morning in the Hamas stronghold of Shejaiya in the north of the sealed-off coastal strip, the armed forces mistakenly identified them as threats and shot them, according to Israeli military spokesman Daniel Hagari.
It is not yet clear how the three hostages came to be in the area of the fighting. However, after an initial reconstruction of the events, the military assumes that they either escaped from their kidnappers or were deliberately left behind, Hagari added. Shortly after the incident, the suspicion arose that the dead could have been hostages. The bodies were then taken to Israeli territory for closer examination. It was confirmed that they were three Israeli hostages.
"This is a tragic incident, the army bears full responsibility," Hagari continued. The military immediately began investigating the incident. Hagari emphasized that Shejaiya was an "active combat zone" in which there had been ongoing fighting in recent days. He expressed his condolences to the families of the hostages.
In the morning, Israel's army announced that the command center of an important Hamas battalion in Shejaiya had been captured and destroyed. Soldiers also killed terrorists during the operation, according to the military. A tunnel complex was also destroyed. The information cannot be independently verified. Shejaiya is a district of the city of Gaza. It is considered one of the last two centers of the Islamist Hamas in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
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The incident involving the shooting of three hostages by the Israeli military occurred in the Hamas stronghold of Shejaiya, a district in the northern Gaza Strip. This incident occurred during an operation aimed at capturing and destroying a Hamas battalion command center in the area.
Source: www.ntv.de
