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Families of hostages and their supporters rally outside The Museum of Art, known as the 'The Hostages and Missing Square,' in Tel Aviv, Israel, December 16, 2023. /CFP
Israel said on Friday its troops had killed three Israeli hostages in Gaza after mistaking them for a threat, with the armed forces expressing "deep remorse" over a "tragic incident" that sparked protests in Tel Aviv.
The Israeli military said Yotam Haim, Alon Shamriz and Samer El-Talalqa were shot during operations in a neighborhood of Gaza City.
At a daily briefing about the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, Daniel Hagari, spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), said the IDF bears responsibility "for everything that happened."
In response to an inquiry regarding how the hostages were able to escape Hamas captivity, Hagari said the military believed that the three fled or were abandoned by the Hamas militants who held them captive.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the death of the three hostages as an "unbearable tragedy."
As news of the incident spread, hundreds of people gathered at Israel's ministry of defense in the city of Tel Aviv in protest. The demonstrators waved Israeli flags and brandished placards with the faces of some of the 129 people still held in Gaza.
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(With input from agencies)