http://townhall.com/tipsheet/spencerbrown/2024/06/08/daring-idf-operation-rescues-four-hostages-from-hamas-in-central-gaza-n2640183
By Spencer Brown
Townhall
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.
Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) ~ Noa Argamani (25), Almog Meir Jan (21), Andrey Kozlov (27), and Shlomi Ziv (40) were rescued in a special operation by the IDF, ISA and Israel Police from 2 separate locations in the heart of Nuseirat after being kidnapped by Hamas from the Nova music festival.
They are in good medical condition and have been transferred to the 'Sheba' Tel-HaShomer Medical Center for further medical examinations.
We will continue to make every effort to bring the hostages home.
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.
In this case, not only was Hamas keeping hostages in a civilian area, but the hostages were being held in civilian homes and civilians knew the hostages were there.
So, yet again, Hamas is using the civilian population to hide behind and to hide the hostages ... AND, many of the Palestinian civilians are directly in cahoots with the Hamas terrorists.
Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) ~ The Israeli hostages boldly rescued today were being held in civilian homes. This has been true since October 7. Civilians lined the streets, cheering when the hostages were taken into the Gaza Strip eight months ago. The same kind of civilians who cheered after 9/11.
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."
Eylon Levy (@EylonALevy) ~ Noa Argamani, abducted from the Nova music festival and held hostage in the Hamas Terror Dungeons for 8 months—free and reunited with her father.
Aviva Klompas (@AvivaKlompas) ~ FORMER hostages Andrey Kozlov (red shorts) and Almog Meir Jan (black shirt) escorted off a helicopter by the IDF.
Andrey and Almog - an entire nation has been waiting to welcome you 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.
Aggressively prosecuting the ground war against Hamas is the only way to have a chance of bringing any of the hostages home alive - not by being sniveling, cowardly pussies like Joe Biden, his administrative lackeys, and the lickspittles on the Further Freedom From Thought Board.
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) ~ The IDF in an unusual statement says it has been striking "terror infrastructure" in central Gaza's Nuseirat in the past hour. No further details are given.
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."
Aviva Klompas (@AvivaKlompas) ~ More details of today’s daring operation.
At 11am Israel time, the order was given to raid two multi-story buildings in central Gaza's Nuseirat where 4 hostages were being held.
The buildings were about 200 meters apart and the decision to raid both simultaneously was out of concern that terrorists may murder the hostages once they realized a rescue operation was underway.
Noa Argamani was held by Hamas guards alone in the home of a Palestinian family, while the other three hostages were held at a separate home. According to the IDF, Hamas pays Gazan families to hold the hostages in their homes.
At the apartment where the three male hostages were held, a gun battle erupted, during which IDF soldier Arnon Zamora, commander of the rescue team at the second building, was critically wounded.
As the three hostages and Zamora were being extracted, their vehicle came under fire. Other forces quickly reached the scene to rescue them under heavy fire. Ground troops and the Air Force carried out major strikes in the area to protect themselves and the rescued hostages.
Video ~ http://x.com/i/status/1799447286474223707
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.
The much-needed good news, a reason for hope that more hostages will be rescued in the days ahead, was celebrated across Israel on Saturday.
Eylon Levy (@EylonALevy) ~ The whole Jewish world is in floods of uncontrollable tears right now. Tears of happiness, tears of pent-up fears and anxieties and frustrated expectations letting loose. Four hostages. Rescued. Alive. #AmYisraelChai
Aviva Klompas (@AvivaKlompas) ~ The moment a lifeguard on the Tel Aviv beach announces that 4 hostages were rescued alive from Gaza.
Video ~ http://twitter.com/i/status/1799402401163804793
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