Hey Neil, we are on the edge of a very
noisy Gaza Strip and that deadly incident involving hostages and
Israeli forces happened about 6 miles from where we are
right
now. The three involved were 28 year old Yocham Heim,
25 year old Samar Talaka,
26 year old Alon Shamriz mistakenly identified by troops on
the ground as the enemy and killed.
It happened in a neighborhood of Gaza City.
Not clear if they fled Hamas captivity or were left
behind,
but Israel now says they emerged from a building.
Shirtless one waving A makeshift white flag.
Selling for help in Hebrew,
3 hostages SOS scrolled on another building.
After shooting them, troop brought the bodies back to Israel
for identification.
This spurred on new protests by the families and supporters
of some 130 hostages remaining in Gaza.
They're calling this a terrible disaster,
saying time is running out,
calling on the government to bring the hostages back home
and maybe spurring on yes,
those new hostage release talks.
Israel's Mossad intelligence chief meeting with the Qatari Prime Minister.
He's a key Hamas go between in Norway.
Discussions described as exploratory as trouble in the region does
intensify.
Iran backed Yemen based Hamas supporting Hootie.
Rebels keep firing rockets and drones and shipping in the
Red Sea.
Reportedly more today the huge Maersk company says now it
is avoiding the Red Sea out of safety and Neil
back to that hostage incident.
The Israeli military says its troops did not follow the
proper rules of engagement.
They offered deep condolences. And said that lessons would be
learned very hard very deadly education.
Back to you. So sad.
Thank you very much for that.
Great.