The Middle East is on edge as Israel and Hezbollah continue to exchange strikes on both sides of the Israeli border. NBC’s Matt Bradley reports for TODAY.
A Bedouin man who was held hostage in Gaza for more than 10 months was rescued by Israeli forces on Tuesday, Israeli officials announced. Qaid Farhan Alkadi, 52, was rescued by troops with Shayetet 13, the 401st Brigade, in a 'complex operation' in southern Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces announced in a joint news release with the Israel Security Agency, or the Shin Bet. The details of Alkadi's rescue were not immediately clear.
His family has also been updated, the IDF and Shin Bet said. More than 100 hostages are believed to remain in Hamas' captivity following the Oct. 7 attacks in which some 1,200 people were killed and around 250 others taken hostage into Gaza.
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