Israel says round 130 are nonetheless in Gaza, however 29 are regarded as lifeless.
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The Israeli navy introduced early Monday that two hostages taken by Hamas throughout its October 7 assaults have been rescued in an in a single day operation within the southern Gaza metropolis of Rafah.
The navy stated in an announcement that ”throughout a joint IDF (navy), ISA (Shin Guess safety company), and Israel Police operation in Rafah, in a single day, two Israeli hostages have been rescued, Fernando Simon Marman (60) and Louis Har (70), who have been kidnapped by the Hamas terrorist group on October seventh from Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak”.
”They’re each in good medical situation, and have been transferred for medical examination on the Sheba Tel Hashomer hospital,” the assertion added.
In the course of the October 7 assaults, Palestinian militants seized about 250 hostages, in keeping with an AFP tally primarily based on official Israeli figures. Israel says round 130 are nonetheless in Gaza, however 29 are regarded as lifeless.
Israel responded to the assaults with a relentless offensive in Gaza, which the territory’s well being ministry says has killed no less than 28,176 folks, principally girls and kids.
Dozens of captives taken on October 7 have been launched throughout a one-week truce in November that additionally noticed the discharge of greater than 200 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails.
Renewed talks for a pause within the combating have been held in Cairo, with Hamas open to a recent ceasefire, together with extra prisoner-hostage exchanges.
Hamas’s navy wing on Sunday stated two hostages had been killed and eight others critically wounded in Israeli bombardment in current days, a declare AFP was unable to independently confirm.
Netanyahu has confronted requires early elections and mounting protests over his administration’s failure to convey house the hostages.
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