Israel-Gaza war live updates: Israel mistakenly killed three hostages, IDF says

Israeli soldiers fighting in the Shejaiya neighborhood east of Gaza City mistakenly shot dead three hostages captured in the Hamas-led attack on Israel on Oct. 7, the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement Friday. IDF troops took the hostages for a threat and fired at them, the statement said. Later, “a suspicion arose over the identities of the deceased,” so the bodies were transferred to Israel, where they were confirmed to be Yotam Haim of Kibbutz Kfar Aza, Samer Talalka of Kibbutz Nir Am and a third hostage whose family requested that he not be identified.