Qaid Farhan Alkadi is one of eight hostages to be rescued alive and was the first to be rescued from underground, the Israeli military said.
Israel has rescued a hostage from an underground tunnel in Gaza, freeing one of the scores of people abducted during the October 7 attack by Hamas that ignited the war in Gaza.
Mr Alkadi was one of eight members of Israel’s Arab Bedouin minority who were abducted. He was working as a guard at a packing factory in Kibbutz Magen, one of several farming communities that came under attack. He has two wives and is the father of 11 children. “We’re so excited to hug him and see him and tell him that we’re all here with him,” a family member who gave his name as Faez told Channel 12. “I hope that every hostage will come home so the families can experience this happiness.”
Mr Alkadi was held in a number of locations, including in underground tunnels, during his 326 days in captivity, Mr Hagari said. Hamas-led militants abducted some 250 people in the October 7 attack, in which some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, were killed.Israel’s retaliatory offensive has killed over 40,000 Palestinians, according to local health officials. It has displaced 90% of Gaza’s 2.3 million people from their homes and caused heavy destruction across the besieged territory.
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