Rome, 8 June 2024 – The IDF has announced the release of 4 of the kidnapped hostages during the Re’im rave: they are Shlomi Ziv, Almog Meir Jan and Andrey Kozlov and Noa Argamani. The latter was one of the faces of the drama of October 7: the video went viral where she, in tears, was taken away on a motorbike by a Hamas militiaman.
A few minutes after the announcement, the minister Benny Gantz canceled the press conference scheduled for tonight, in which he would have announced his resignation. Today, in fact, theultimatum launched at the prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu last month, which gave us until today to draw up a “action plan” for the post-war period in Gaza.
In the night, a air attack Israeli in the neighborhood of Sheikh Radwan, in north of Gazakilled 4 people and injured 14 others. This morning, the northern Israel was hit by a drone raids: le pro-Iranian Iraqi militias they claimed responsibility for the attack.
The four hostages freed (IDF)
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11:56
Netanyahu calls Agarmani. Hamas: “Israel has failed”
“I’m very excited, I haven’t spoken Hebrew for so long,” Noa Agarmani said during a telephone conversation with Prime Minister Netanyahu, a few hours after his release. “Not even for a minute have we stopped thinking about you – replied the prime minister – I don’t know if you believed it but we haven’t given up”. But while Israel celebrates “the triumph of the IDF”, as the families of the hostages defined it, Hamas told Reuters that “recovering four prisoners after nine months of fighting is a sign of failure”.
10.45am
Media: Israeli army freed 4 hostages. Gantz cancels speech
Israeli army special forces have recovered 4 live hostages in the central region of the Gaza Strip. They would be Noa Argamani, Shlomi Ziv, Almog Meir Jan and Andrey Kozlov, all kidnapped at the Supernova rave in the Re’im area and now at the Ramat Gan hospital for checks: they are said to be in good condition. This is reported by the broadcaster Kan and the daily newspaper The Times of Israel. Special forces simultaneously raided two Hamas sites in Nuseirat. Following the announcement, Minister Gantz canceled the press conference scheduled for this evening, in which he would have announced Netanyahu’s resignation and move to the opposition.
10.37am
IDF: operation underway in Nuseirat
The IDF released an unusual note in which it announced that military operations were underway in Nuseirat, in the central area of the Gaza Strip. Further developments will be communicated today. Hamas’ Ministry of Health reports that there are at least 50 deaths. Many wounded are reportedly arriving at the hospital of the Martyrs of al-Aqsa in Balah.
09:32
IDF demolishes Hamas training camp in Tel Sultan
IDF troops raided and demolished a Hamas training complex in the Tel Sultan neighborhood of the southern Gaza Strip. According to the army, Israeli soldiers “killed numerous terrorists, located tunnels and seized weapons.”
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07:50
Pro-Iranian militias in Iraq claim drone attack on Israel
This morning a drone raid hit the Golan Heights in northern Israel. Pro-Iranian forces in Iraq claimed responsibility for the attack. No deaths or injuries were reported. At first the IDF hypothesized that the raid had started from Lebanon, a hypothesis which has not yet been ruled out.
07:36
Israeli attack north of Gaza kills 4 Palestinians
An Israeli raid in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, in the north of the Strip, killed 4 people and injured 14 others, mostly women and children. The Palestinian news agency Wafa reports that a house was hit.
07:33
Israel: Minister Gantz will resign this evening
Minister Benny Gantz, who joined Natanyahu’s government last October to form a ‘war cabinet’, will announce his resignation at a press conference this evening. In fact, today the ultimatum launched last month expires, as an “action plan” for the post-war period in the Gaza Strip has not yet been drawn up. Last week Gantz’s party, the National Union, presented a proposal to dissolve parliament, which is unlikely to be adopted given that Netanyahu’s Likud still enjoys a majority.
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