Agence France-Presse reports that on Saturday, June 8, 2024, the Israeli army rescued four citizens hostage from a lightning attack on Gaza. Amidst the joy of the family that came to receive him.
The army later published the names of the hostages: Noi Arkamani (25 years old), Almuk Mirjan (21 years old), Andrei Kozlov (27 years old), and Shlomi Ziv (40 years old).
The army added in a statement that Hamas activists had kidnapped the four from the Nova Music Festival on October 7 and have now been transferred to the hospital for medical examinations. Initially, they were all said to be fine.
Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hajari said: The operation took place in two buildings in the heart of a civilian area. The forces were able to rescue the hostages during an exchange of fire with Hamas.
An Israeli soldier was reportedly seriously injured in the operation, which took place around 11:00 a.m. local time.
Such aid was rare during the eight-month war with Hamas activists in the Gaza Strip.
During attacks on music festivals and other areas and in southern Israel on October 7, armed groups took 251 people hostage, 116 of whom remain in Gaza, including 41 who the army believes are dead.
The October 7 attack killed 1,194 people in Israel. Israeli counterattacks in Gaza killed 36,801 people, most of them civilians, women and children.
Earlier, the Israeli army said in a separate statement that the forces were targeting terrorist infrastructure attacks in the Nuseirat area. Which later turned into an air strike on a hospital. Including refugee camps in those areas. Until at least 15 people died
On Thursday, the army attacked a school run by a United Nations agency that helps Palestinian refugees. Thirty-seven people were killed, but the Israeli army claims to have killed 17 terrorists at the site, which is a Hamas headquarters.
Recently it was reported that two of the four hostages arrived in Israel. Safely, amid cheers from the Israelis in Tel Aviv who were following the progress.
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