The Israeli navy says it has rescued a Bedouin Arab hostage who was kidnapped by Hamas gunmen throughout the 7 October assault on Israel and brought again to Gaza.
Kaid Farhan Elkadi, 52, was rescued in a “complicated operation within the southern Gaza Strip” by the Israel Protection Forces (IDF) and Shin Wager home safety service, in accordance with an announcement.
No additional particulars might be revealed “as a result of concerns of the security of our hostages, the safety of our forces, and nationwide safety”, it mentioned.
Mr Elkadi is in a secure situation and has been transferred to a hospital for medical checks.
One video showed several members of his family running through the grounds of the Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba to be reunited with him.
He’s the eighth hostage rescued by Israeli forces for the reason that begin of the struggle in Gaza.
“The operation was a part of the IDF’s daring and brave actions carried out deep contained in the Gaza strip,” Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.
“This operation joins a collection of actions taken by the IDF that deliver us nearer to attaining the targets of this struggle.
“I wish to reiterate and emphasize: Israel is dedicated to profiting from each alternative to return the hostages house to Israel.”
Mr Elkadi, a father of 11 and grandfather of 1, is from a Bedouin village within the Rahat space, within the Negev desert.
He labored for a few years as a safety guard at Kibbutz Magen, near the Israel-Gaza border, the place he was kidnapped 10 months in the past.
The Israeli navy launched a marketing campaign in Gaza to destroy Hamas in response to an unprecedented assault on southern Israel on 7 October, throughout which about 1,200 folks had been killed and 251 others had been taken hostage.
Greater than 40,430 folks have been killed in Gaza since then, in accordance with the territory’s Hamas-run well being ministry.
