Brother of Israeli hostage killed in Gaza says Israeli army 'murdered' him

The three Israeli hostages were shot dead by soldiers in the Gaza City suburb of Shejaiya on Friday, even as they carried a white flag and cried for help in Hebrew

The coffin containing the remains of Alon Shamriz, 26, is lowered to his grave during his funeral in the cemetery of Kibbutz Shefayim, southern Israel on Sunday December 17, 2023. Picture: AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg

The brother of an Israeli hostage mistakenly killed by Israeli soldiers in the Gaza strip earlier this week has hit out at the Israeli army for having "abandoned and murdered him."

"Those who abandoned you also murdered you after all that you did right," Ido Shamriz told mourners at the funeral for his brother, Alon, on Sunday.