The three males and one female hostages were kidnapped by Hamas-led militants on Oct 7.
JERUSALEM – Israeli forces rescued four hostages held by Hamas since October in a raid in the central Gaza Strip on June 8, while at least 93 Palestinians were killed in airstrikes in the same area, in one of the bloodiest single incidents of the war, according to local medics.
Israeli forces returned fire, including with airstrikes, the spokesman, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, added.Israel named the rescued hostages as Ms Noa Argamani, 25, Mr Almog Meir Jan, 21, Mr Andrey Kozlov, 27, and Mr Shlomi Ziv, 40.All four wereduring Palestinian militant group Hamas’ deadly raid on Israeli towns and villages near Gaza on Oct 7, an attack which precipitated the devastating war in the besieged Hamas-run enclave.
A video of Ms Argamani receiving a telephone call from Israeli President Isaac Herzog was distributed by his office. Social media footage that Reuters could not immediately verify showed bodies on bloodstained streets.
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