Israel’s Hostage Rescues During the War in Gaza: What to Know

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*******’s ******** Rescues During the War in Gaza: What to Know

The rescue of a ******** on Tuesday from southern Gaza brought to eight the number of captives the ******** military has freed out of the approximately 250 abducted in the ******-led attacks last Oct. 7.

Several other hostages’ bodies have been recovered in military operations, and scores of women and children were released during a weeklong cease-***** with ****** last November. More than 100 captives still remain in Gaza, at least 30 of whom are believed to be *****.

The operations to free hostages by force have often resulted in high ****** tolls in Gaza. ******** military officials have said that only a cease-***** agreement with ****** will allow for most of those still being held to return home.

Here is a look at some of *******’s previous operations that freed hostages or retrieved their bodies:

Oct. 30, 2023: Less than a month after the ******-led attacks, the ******** military said it had rescued an ******** soldier who had been abducted from an army base. The soldier was identified as Pvt. Ori Megidish, 19.

Dec. 12: Two hostages were found ***** and their bodies repatriated to *******, the military said. The operation to locate them resulted in the deaths of two ******** service members.

Dec. 15: ******** troops shot and ******* three hostages whom they mistook for ************ militants. The three — Yotam Haim, Samer Talalka and Alon Shamriz — had emerged shirtless from a nearby building, waving a white flag, according to the military. The shootings shocked the country and heightened fears that more captives could be unintentionally hit by ******** *****.

Feb. 11, 2024: ******** security forces said they had freed two hostages being held in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. The hostages were identified as Fernando Simon Marman, 60, and Louis Har, 70.

Officials in Gaza said that accompanying ******** strikes had ******* dozens of Palestinians in Rafah.

June 8: Four hostages were rescued alive from Nuseirat, in central Gaza, amid one of the most intense ******** bombardments of the war. The hostages were identified as Noa Argamani, 26; Andrey Kozlov, 27; Almog Meir Jan, 22; and Shlomi Ziv, 41.

************ health officials said 274 people were *******, including 64 children, during the rescue operation. ******* put the total number of ***** at around 100. Neither toll distinguished between civilians and combatants.

The New York Times found that ******** strikes that were part of the rescue operation had destroyed or damaged at least 42 buildings. The areas hit included apartment buildings and a crowded market, helping to explain the high ****** toll.

Aug. 20: ******* said it had retrieved the bodies of six hostages, five of whom were previously known to be *****.

Aug. 27: The ******** military said it had rescued Farhan al-Qadi, 52, an ******** *****, during an operation in southern Gaza. He was found alone, without guards, in a room roughly 25 yards underground, the officials said.

Mr. al-Qadi, who is from a village near the southern city of Rahat, *******, the military said, had worked as an unarmed security guard in Magen, a small ******** kibbutz near the border with Gaza. He was abducted alongside about 250 others on Oct. 7.

Mr. al-Qadi is a member of the country’s Bedouin ***** ********* and the first ******** ***** ******** to be rescued alive since October.

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