2024-02-13 02:43:19
Israeli forces on Tuesday shared footage of the rescue mission freeing two Israeli-Argentine hostages held by Hamas in Rafah. The rescue operation was conducted by the military on Monday.
The footage showed a special police unit rescuing 60-year-old Fernando Simon Marman and 70-year-old Louis Hare from Rafah, where nearly one million civilians have sought refuge from months of bombardments.
They were among 250 people seized during the October 7 raid on Israel by Hamas terrorists that triggered Israel’s war on Gaza.
More than four months on, much of the densely populated strip of land on the Mediterranean is in ruins, with 28,340 Palestinians dead and 67,984 wounded, according to Gaza health officials, with many others believed to be buried under rubble.
According to the Israeli military, 31 hostages have so far died.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday’s rescue showed that military pressure should continue and he brushed aside international alarm at plans for a ground assault on Rafah.
In the Israeli-occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Authority’s official television station, Palestine TV, said 74 Palestinians were killed in the Israeli operation in Rafah.
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