JERUSALEM: Israeli special forces have recovered an Israeli hostage from a tunnel in southern Gaza in "a complex rescue operation", the military said on Tuesday (Aug 27), more than 1
Qaid Farhan Alkadi, a Bedouin Israel i hostage who was kidnapped in the deadly October 7 Hamas attack, uses his phone as he is reunited with loved ones after being rescued from Gaza by Israel i forces, at Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba, Israel , in this handout photo from Aug 27, 2024. in southern Gaza in"a complex rescue operation", the military said on Tuesday , more than 10 months after he was abducted by Hamas -led gunmen.
A military official told Reuters that soldiers were operating in the area where Alkadi was found, navigating a complex underground system where hostages were suspected to be held alongside militants and explosives. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who said he had spoken with Alkadi, commended the troops for the rescue and said Israel would work"tirelessly" for the return of all the hostages.
Israel's Hostage Families Forum called Alkadi's return"nothing short of miraculous" but that military operations alone will not free the remaining hostages"who have suffered 326 days of abuse and terror. This handout picture released by the Israeli army on Aug 27, 2024 shows freed Israeli hostage Qaid Alkadi accompanied by soldiers as he disembarks from a military helicopter at the Soroka Medical Center in Beersheva for a checkup.
Alkadi was taken hostage in Kibbutz Magen, one of a string of Israeli communities around the Gaza Strip stormed by Hamas-led fighters in a cross-border incursion on Oct 7.
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