the israeli military has said that it mistakenly killed three hostages during its military operation in gaza, after misidentifying them as a threat . those hostages have been named as 28 year old yotam haim, 25 year old samer talalka and 26 year old alon shamriz. all three were kidnapped from their kibbutzes by hamas during its attack on october 7th. the israeli military says it is investigating this latest event. israeli prime minster benjamin netanyahu has renewed his vow to bring hostages home and calld the incident an unbearable tragedy. relatives of hostages taken by hamas are currently demonstrating near the israeli ministry of defence in tel aviv in response to the incident calling for a ceasefire and for an agreement for the release of those still held captive. more than 100 hostages remain in gaza. here s how idf spokesman lieutenant coloneljonathan conricus explained what happened to the bbc earlier. they were dressed in civilian clothing and probably in a sim