The Special ForcesIDFthe Israeli army, recovered 4 live Israeli hostages a Gaza: it’s about Noa Argamani (25 years old), Shlomi Ziv (40), Almog Meir Jan (21) e Andrey Kozlov. (27).
The liberation occurred thanks to an operation in the central area of Gaza. All four, in good condition, had been kidnapped by terrorists on October 7 during the Supernova music festival, near the southern community of Re’im.
During the operation, the IDF launched heavy air raids in the area against Hamas sites and in support of ground troops. The health authorities of the Palestinian Islamic fundamentalist movement reported a “large number” of victims. In particular, according to a spokesperson for the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Hospital, the victims would be over 100. While, according to the government press office managed by Hamas, there would be over 200 (not specifying, as always happens, how many of the victims belong to to the militiamen).
The prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanking the Minister of Defense Yaov Gallantthe chief of staff Herzi Halevithat of the Shin Bet Ronen Bar, stated: “We will not stop until we complete the mission and bring all our abductees home. Once again, you have demonstrated that Israel does not surrender to terrorism and acts with boundless creativity and courage to bring our abductees home.”
The leader of Hamas Ismail Haniyeh declared that “resistance will continue after deadly fighting in a refugee camp in central Gaza where Israel staged a hostage rescue operation. Our people will not surrender and the resistance will continue to defend our rights in the face of this criminal enemy.”
Noa Argamani
Among the hostages freed by the Israeli army is Noa Argamani, the 25-year-old who appeared in a video on October 7 while Hamas terrorists took her away on a motorbike amid her screams: “Don’t kill me”. Those images became the symbol of the Islamic faction’s attack. More recently you had seen yourself in another Hamas propaganda video.
Her mother Liora, seriously ill with cancer, had launched a desperate appeal to be able to hug her again.
Together with the other 3, Noa was freed after 8 months and immediately hugged her father again.
US help
According to CNN, the US helped Israel in the action that allowed the release of the four hostages in Nuseirat: “An American cell supported the efforts to rescue four Israeli hostages, collaborating with Israeli forces in the operation.”
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