“Both are in good health and have been transferred to Sheba Tel Hashomer Hospital for medical examination,” said a joint statement from the army, police and police. Shin Bet Intelligence Servicesthe three forces involved in the operation.
This is Israel’s second successful hostage rescue, after soldier Ori Megidish was captured alive in late October when the ground operation in the Gaza Strip began.
During the Rafah operation, southern end of the Strip where more than a million Gazans live, displaced by violence, more than 50 people have been killed, all “terrorists” according to Israel, while Hamas has accused them of committing a “massacre.”
In addition to the three hostages rescued today (two today), Hamas has released 110 prisonersincluding 105 as part of the only ceasefire agreement reached in November.
With the two men captured in Rafah, 130 hostages kidnapped on October 7 remain in the Strip, about thirty of whom are estimated to have died; in addition to four prisoners that Hamas had held in the enclave for years, including two dead soldiers.
“Together with the Prime Minister and senior commanders, I monitored the operation from the war room. I express all my gratitude to the Israeli army, the Shin Bet and the police counter-terrorism unit,” the Defense Minister said. Yoav Gallant, it’s a statement.
For his part, the army spokesman said: Daniel Hagariassured that the Israeli Defense Forces have been working on this operation for a “long time”, but that until now the appropriate conditions had not been met to carry it out.
“Reaching the target in the heart of Rafah was very complex,” Hagari said of the operation in that city, on the border with Egypt, where Israel announced this weekend that it would expand its ground offensive in the Gaza Strip.
Source: El heraldo
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