israel defense forces admit to inadvertently killing three other israeli hostages. the three men were waving a white flag when a brigade opened fire on them on friday. the idf says the three hostages managed to escape or were abandoned by their hamas captors. the office of the prime minister now says there are 129 hostages who remain in gaza. 21 hostages have died. a source tells cnn that the head of israel s intelligence agency is expected to meet with qatar s prime minister to discuss getting hostages released. today, families of the remaining hostages held a rally in tel-aviv demanding their safe return. cnn was there. alex, how are people reacting to the reports of the accidental killing of three and then the report of the other young lady who has died? reporter: well, frederica, this was a rally that would have happened anyway on a saturday night, but this really gives it more sadness, you know, because of the news today that haiman, one of the hostages, is now dead, a
on friday. military officials say that the three men came out of a building waving a white flag, when they were gunned down by their own military. two at the men died, while a third round back inside and shouted for help in hebrew. the israeli defense forces say that the troops that shot at the osbourne up follow the rules of engagement. meanwhile, another hostage died while being held captive by hamas, according to the israeli prime minister s office. tonight, we learned that intensive talks are taking place with the easterly the fence minister and type military leaders to get more hostages out of gaza. cnn s alex marquardt joins us now from tel aviv. alex, that same defense official talked with the families that the three hostages killed, that must have been absolutely painful. what s at the fallout from this. it must be growing by the hour? jim, it s absolutely gut wrenching to think that these two, men three men who survived in captivity for 72 days, don t know where th
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