Israeli troops have recovered an Israeli hostage in “a posh rescue operation” within the southern Gaza Strip, the army mentioned on Tuesday, greater than 10 months after he was kidnapped by Hamas-led gunmen on Oct. 7.
It mentioned 52-year-old Qaid Farhan Alkadi, a member of the Bedouin neighborhood in southern Israel, had been transferred to a hospital and his medical situation was regular.
The operation, following the rescue of 4 Israeli hostages in June, comes as talks have continued to attempt to agree a halt to the preventing in Gaza and the return of greater than 100 hostages in alternate for Palestinian prisoners.
“We’re doing all the things to avoid wasting the hostages,” the pinnacle of the army Lieutenant Common Herzi Halevi mentioned in an announcement.
Israeli tv stations confirmed a army helicopter touchdown at a hospital as medical workers stood by.
Alkadi was taken hostage in Kibbutz Magen, considered one of a string of communities across the Gaza Strip that have been attacked by Hamas-led fighters on Oct. 7.
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