By Jon Levine
Four Israelis held hostage by Hamas were freed in a daring raid in central Gaza on Saturday.
Noa Argamani, 25, Almog Meir Jan, 21, Andri Kozlov, 27, and Shlomi Ziv, 40, were all rescued, the Israel Defense Forces said after the mission, the BBC reported.
The hostages were rescued during a “complex” operation at two locations in Nuseirat, central Gaza, the IDF said.
They are the first rescued since two others were freed during a raid in February.
Israel says that another 130 hostages remain in Gaza, though a high percentage of them could be dead as a result of deprivation from captivity.
Cheers erupted on the beaches of Tel Aviv after lifeguards announced the successful operation, videos of the moment circulating on X showed.
Video of Argamani embracing her father after being reunited was broadcast by Israel News 12.
Argamani’s mother has terminal brain cancer and had prayed to see her daughter again.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with Argamani by phone after the raid.
Well I really thought they were all dead.
The Robin Ware/Robert L. Peters/JRB Ware/Pedo Peter/idiot Biden would prefer all the hostages, even the Americans, simply be held in captivity until they die in order to try and preserve a few votes from their Hamas terrorist supporting constituency God Bless the IDF and congratulations!
hamas must be exterminated. biden supports hamas and hates Israel.