Israel admits that three hostages in Gaza may have been killed by his own fire

His army announced that three hostages who died in November “probably” were killed by an Israeli blow, according to the results of an investigation into the conditions of their death. “According to the results of the investigation, there is a good chance that the three were killed following an army air raid on November 10, 2023 in Gaza,” Israel’s army said in a statement. Israel recovered the remains of soldiers Nick Baser and Ron Sherman and French-Israeli Elia Tolentano in December in the Gaza Strip, where hostages were held. The military stressed that the hostages were killed “during an extermination operation of Hamas’ North Brigade commander Ahmed Gandur”. “The investigation shows that the three hostages were being held in the network with underground tunnels within which Gantur was operating,” he added, clarifying that the army had “no information on the presence of hostages at the point where he targeted” the blow. Hamas confirmed in late November that Ahmed Gantur was killed by the Israeli army. A relative of the family of one of the three hostages confirmed to the French Agency that they had been informed of the results of this investigation a few hours before the army announced. In December, the military announced that it accidentally killed three Hamas hostages in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, Yotam Haim, Alon Samriz, Summer al-Talalka, who were shot by soldiers who did not recognize them as hostages. Since October 7, 27 hostages have been killed in the Gaza Strip. Hamas’s attack on October 7 in Israel killed 1,205 people, mostly civilians, according to a count of the French Agency based on official Israeli elements, including hostages killed in captivity. Of the 251 people kidnapped during this attack, 97 are still detained in the Gaza Strip, 33 of whom the Israeli army declares dead. Israel’s military retaliation campaign has left at least 41,206 dead in the Gaza Strip, according to the Hamas government’s Health Ministry, without specifying how many of them are civilians and militants