Dec 15 (Reuters) - The Israeli military mistakenly killed three hostages being held in Gaza by Hamas during an incident which is "under review", a military spokesperson said on Friday.

The military said the hostages were killed during combat with militants in Gaza and expressed its condolences to the families while saying there would be "full transparency" in the investigation into the incident.

A statement from the military said that during an intense battle in Gaza it "identified three Israeli hostages as a threat". "As a result, the troops fired toward them and they were killed."

Earlier on Friday, the Israeli military said it had recovered the bodies of three Israelis - a civilian and two soldiers - who had been held in the Gaza Strip by Hamas.

  • Evilsandwichman [none/use name]
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    11 months ago

    There was an incident where a (West Bank?) IDF settler shot who he thought was a Palestinian civilian (the guy was unarmed, dressed as a civilian, had no weapon and had his hands up); there was a video of the incident, and people were cheering him killing 'Hamas' (seriously, even in the video the guy had no weapons and had his hands up), but then it came out that the guy who got killed was himself in the IDF, and all these people deleted their tweets and went silent.

    • Des [she/her, they/them]
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      11 months ago

      this the guy who they shot his face off while he was trying to tell them he was jewish and let him bleed out?

      • Evilsandwichman [none/use name]
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        11 months ago

        I think I found the IDF guy who got shot, his name is Yuval Castleman; apparently he might have had a firearm but threw it down and raised his hands up, and then got shot. He had enough time to yell that he was Israeli and threw down his wallet too. I'm not sure how he died.

        Hilariously his family are being centrist libs about it; they're saying they're angry but they don't know what they would've done in that situation themselves.

        • ashinadash [she/her]
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          11 months ago

          Hilariously his family are being centrist libs about it;

          Can you fucking imagine: a close relative gets fucking shot by his own guys in the military, and you go ahead and bust out the "BUT ITS COMPLICATED" narrative. He got shot. By his own guys....

          What the fuck goes on in the brains of these people? Is it just the bloodthirst?