Israel – Hamas: Israeli army announces rescue of four hostages in an operation in Gaza

Four Israeli hostages kidnapped by Hamas at the Nova music festival during the group’s attacks on October 7 have been released, the Israeli military has announced.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said those rescued included Noa Argamani, 25, Almog Meir Jan, 21, Andrei Kozlov, 27, and Shlomi Ziv, 40.

The hostages were released Conducting a “complex” day in two different places Nuseiratin central Gaza, military forces said.

Four are inside Good medical conditions And he has already been transferred to the Sheba Tel-Hashomer Medical Center, where he will undergo additional medical examinations, the army said.

The Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry noted that Dozens of people, including children, were killed and injured in the operation.

Staff at Al-Aqsa Hospital were also reported to be trying to rescue victims.

“Dozens of injured people are lying on the ground and medical teams are trying to save them with their basic medical capabilities,” the ministry said on Facebook.

The defense takes place eight months After the war against Hamas in Gaza began.

During the group’s October 7 attack on the music festival and other areas in southern Israel, the militants took 251 hostages, 116 of whom now remain in the Palestinian territory, including 41 whom the army says are dead.

This is what an agreement reached in November meant Hamas to release 105 hostages in exchange for one-week ceasefire and the return of 240 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails.

Argamani October Images, An Israeli citizen was born in China and was kidnapped at the festival (verified by her father, Yaakov Argamani, for Israel’s Channel 12), show the 25-year-old being carried on the back of a motorcycle, screaming, “Don’t hit me!”

New images follow shortly after news of Saturday’s rescue operation Argmani was smiling and reunited with her father and hugged her inside a vehicle.

Kozlov, a Russian who moved to Israel in 2022, worked as a security guard at the festival.

Jan tried to flee the festival. He and a friend ran to their friend’s car but were only able to drive a short distance before being forced to stop.

Ziv was part of the security team at the festival and was at the beginning He was in touch with his sisters when the attack was happening, According to an interview with the newspaper “The Times of Israel”.

The Mortgage Family Forum Headquarters, a group representing mortgage families, described The release of the four hostages was described as “a miraculous victory” and thanked the IDF for the “heroic operation”.

The group said: “The Israeli government must remember its commitment bring back 120 hostages Hamas still says: Those who are alive will be rehabilitated, those who are killed will be buried.”

In response to the military attack in Nuseirat, Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya said that Israel cannot impose its decisions.

He said Hamas would not agree to a ceasefire until Get security for Palestinians.

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