Published June 8, 2024
In some of the biggest news to come out of the war between Israel and Hamas in months, four hostages were rescued from Nuseirat, a “refugee camp” in the middle of the Gaza Strip.
The operation was conducted jointly with the IDF, the ISA (Israel’s intelligence agency), and Israeli police forces. The rescued hostages were three men and one woman, all taken during the Nova Music Festival on October 7th. Their names are as follows: Noa Argamani, Almog Meir Jan, Andrey Kozlov, and Shlomi Ziv.
Here’s the emotional scene that played out when Noa Argamani was reunited with her father after spending 250 days in captivity.
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SOURCE: www.redstate.com
RELATED: Daring Israeli Operation Rescues Four Hostages From Hamas in Central Gaza
Published June 8, 2024
The Israel Defense Forces carried out a daring operation Saturday morning that successfully rescued alive four hostages who had been held by Hamas for the last eight months.
A joint statement released by the IDF, Shin Bet, and Israeli police said a “complex operation” liberated Noa Argamani (25), Almog Meir (21), Andrei Kozlov (27), and Shlomi Ziv (40) — all four of which were kidnapped by Hamas from the Nova Music Festival during the Iran-backed terrorists’ October 7 massacre.
Officials said the four hostages were rescued from two separate locations in Nuseirat in central Gaza. (Not for nothing, the area is also home to a refugee camp, another instance of Hamas terrorists trying to hide behind and among civilians.) The now-freed hostages are in “stable” condition and have been transferred to Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer outside of Tel Aviv.
Israeli officials also reiterated their commitment to “make every effort to bring the hostages home.”
According to The Jerusalem Post, Argamani was rescued from one of the two locations and Meir, Kozlov, and Ziv were rescued from the other.
The announcement of the successful Israeli rescue came after the IDF said it was launching strikes on “terror infrastructure” in Nuseirat, which was later realized to be part of the operation to liberate hostages and bring them home to Israel.
According to IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, hundreds of soldiers participated in the rescue that included Israeli strikes “from the land, air, and sea.”
“It was a complex and difficult operation,” Hagari added, “under constant gunfire — but it was successful.”
Notably, Saturday’s operation demonstrated the importance of Israel’s continued military campaign in Gaza not just to eliminate the military threat posed by Hamas but to rescue its hostages — and showed a ceasefire is not necessary to bring the hostages home.
It’s also a clear repudiation of the Biden administration’s repeated demand that Israel stand down. If the White House had gotten its way, these four Israelis would still be hostages of Hamas today. Instead, they’re free and reunited with their loved ones.
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SOURCE: www.townhall.com
RELATED: Police say Officer Arnon Zamora dies of wounds from hostage rescue op
Chief Inspector Arnon Zamora, who was killed in a mission to rescue hostages held in the Gaza Strip, June 8, 2024. (Israel Police)
Published June 8, 2024
An officer of the elite Yamam counter-terrorism unit wounded in the hostage rescue operation in the central Gaza Strip has succumbed to his wounds, police say.
He is named as Chief Inspector Arnon Zamora.
Zamora was brought to a hospital in Israel in critical condition, where his death was declared a short while later.
