JERUSALEM: Israeli troops have recovered an Israeli hostage in “a fancy rescue operation” within the southern Gaza Strip, the navy stated on Tuesday (Aug 27), greater than 10 months after he was kidnapped by Hamas-led gunmen on Oct 7.
It stated 52 year-old Qaid Farhan Alkadi, a member of the Bedouin group in southern Israel, had been transferred to hospital and his medical situation was regular.
The operation, following the rescue of four Israeli hostages in June, comes as talks have continued to attempt to conform to a halt within the combating in Gaza and the return of greater than 100 hostages in alternate for Palestinian prisoners.
“We’re doing all the pieces to avoid wasting the hostages,” the top of the navy Lieutenant Basic Herzi Halevi stated in an announcement.
Israeli tv stations confirmed a navy helicopter touchdown at a hospital as medical workers stood by.
Alkadi was taken hostage in Kibbutz Magen, one in all a string of communities across the Gaza Strip that had been attacked by Hamas-led fighters on Oct 7.
