Woman and three men freed from Nuseirat, as EU diplomat condemns ‘reports from Gaza of another massacre of civilians’
Clockwise from top left: Almog Meir Jan, Noa Argamani, Andrey Kozlov and Shlomi Ziv, who have been freed from captivity in Gaza.Clockwise from top left: Almog Meir Jan, Noa Argamani, Andrey Kozlov and Shlomi Ziv, who have been freed from captivity in Gaza.Israeli special forces have freed four hostages held in Nuseirat, central Gaza, as Israeli attacks and airstrikes in the same area killed at least 93 Palestinians, including children, local medics said.
The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, described the Israeli attacks as a “bloody massacre” and called for an emergency UN security council session. Troops deployed for the raid included air force and special forces, with naval support. One team extracting the hostages was confronted by militants, and when a rescue vehicle got stuck, called in backup, escaping under heavy bombardment, Channel 12 television reported., said the raid – only the third successful military rescue of the war – was a historic achievement and proof “Israel does not surrender to terrorism”. One officer from the counter-terrorism police unit was killed in the raid.
Hostages’ families welcomed the return of the four freed on Saturday but said the military could not bring back all of those still held captive, and instead called on the government to reach a ceasefire deal to free their loved ones. It was Argamani’s father’s birthday on Saturday and he met her soon after she landed back on Israeli soil. He described her release as a “gift”, in a statement that also called on Israelis to join the rally for the release of other hostages.
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