Israel says it has mistakenly shot & killed 3 hostages captured by Hamas as IDF confirm ‘lessons have been learned’

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.

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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 Nir Am on the same day.

A message was also given to the family of the third abductee, at whose request his name will not be given now