TEL AVIV, December 15. /TASS/. The IDF press office announced that Israeli servicemen fighting in the Gaza Strip mistakenly identified three Israeli hostages as a threat and killed them.

"During the fight in Shejaiya, the IDF mistakenly identified three Israeli hostages as a threat. The troops opened fired at them and killed them," the press office said, adding that the IDF "has immediately imitated an investigation of this incident.".