Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that Israel “will not surrender to terrorism” following the rescue of four hostages kidnapped by Hamas during an operation by security forces, this Saturday (8), in Nuseirat, in the central region of the Gaza Strip.
“Once again, they have shown that Israel does not surrender to terrorism and acts with unlimited creativity and courage to bring back our hostages,” Netanyahu said in a statement accompanied by a photo of the prime minister during supervision of the rescue operation in the room. command together with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and heads of the General Staff and the Shin Bet security service.
“We are committed to doing this in the future as well. We will not give up until we complete the mission and return all our hostages home, dead or alive,” the minister promised.
Netanyahu spoke by phone with Noa Argamani, 25, one of the people freed, when she was reunited with her father at Tel Aviv’s Sheba hospital. In addition to her, Almog Meir Jan, 21, Andrey Kozlov, 27, and Shlomi Ziv, 40, who were kidnapped by the terrorist group Hamas at the music festival on October 7 last year, were rescued.
The Army spokesperson explained that this was one of the most complex operations carried out, approved since Thursday (6), although authorization was given by the Israeli government this Saturday morning, with two incursions at two points in Nuseirat. Noa Argamani was held in isolated captivity by the terrorists, while the other three hostages were together in another location.
“The soldiers acted in the midst of hundreds of Hamas terrorists, the rescue vehicle for three hostages became trapped and was rescued in a heroic battle. The fire continued even when the hostages were already in Israel, and one fighter was seriously injured,” the Army said in a statement.
“They [reféns] are in good medical condition and have been transferred to the Sheba Tel-HaShome Medical Center for further medical examinations,” the Israeli Army adds.
With this ransom, of the 251 kidnapped on October 7, 116 captives remain in the enclave, at least 40 of them dead, according to Israel – more than 70, according to Hamas. Since the start of the war, Israel and Hamas only reached a truce agreement for a week at the end of November last year, when 105 hostages were released in exchange for 240 Palestinian prisoners.
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