The army said it rescued 25-year-old Noa Argamani, 21-year-old Almog Meir Jan, 27-year-old Andrey Kozlov 27 and 40-year-old Shlomi Ziv.
The army said it rescued 25-year-old Noa Argamani, 21-year-old Almog Meir Jan, 27-year-old Andrey Kozlov 27 and 40-year-old Shlomi Ziv in a complex special daytime operation in Nuseirat.The rescue comes as international pressure mounts on Israel to limit civilian bloodshed in its war in Gaza, which reached its eighth month on Friday. Seeking a breakthrough in the apparently stalled cease-fire negotiations between Israel and Hamas, U.S.
Hamas kidnapped some 250 hostages during its attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7. About half were released in a weeklong cease-fire in November. Saturday's operation is the largest recovery of hostages who are still alive since the war erupted, bringing the total of rescued captives to seven.
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