Israel releases footage of rescue mission as commandos radioed ‘the diamonds have departed’ after saving hostages
THIS is the moment the freed Israeli hostages were transferred from the Yaman counter-terrorist unit and ISA forces to the IDF.forces launched a large-scale rescue mission, known as the “Arnon” Operation, to rescue four hostages who were being held byThe four hostages freed were: Noa Argamani, 26, Almog Meir Jan, 21, Andrey Kozlov, 27, and Shlomi Ziv, 40.
A relative of Noa told reporters that the military had banged on the door of where she was being held in Gaza and yelled they had come to rescue her. Noa's plight became one of the most harrowing and recognisable images as the world came to terms with the atrocity on October 7.She and the other three hostages had spent 245 days in captivity since being kidnapped eight months ago.
The 25-year-old university student screams "Don't kill me! No, no, no", as the gunmen speed away with her trapped in between them. He is a native of St Petersburg, Russia, according to the Times of Israel, and had moved to Israel 18 months earlier.He spoke to one of his sisters, telling her he was heading home from the festival after the Hamas attack had started.Both died in the massacre.Argamani was one of the most recognised faces among the hostages abducted by Hamas.
The terrorist organisation has reportedly been left with no choice but to rely on hit-and-run insurgent tactics to fend off Israeli forces., which rules the densely-populated enclave of Gaza, has been reduced to between 9,000 and 12,000 fighters, according to three senior US officials familiar with battlefield developments.
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