This photograph supplied by the Israeli navy, an Israeli Air Power helicopter carrying what the navy mentioned are two launched hostages, at Sheba Medical Heart in Ramat Gan, Israel, Monday, Feb, 12. 2024. (Israel Protection Forces through AP)
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This photograph supplied by the Israeli navy, an Israeli Air Power helicopter carrying what the navy mentioned are two launched hostages, at Sheba Medical Heart in Ramat Gan, Israel, Monday, Feb, 12. 2024. (Israel Protection Forces through AP)
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TEL AVIV, Israel — The Israeli navy mentioned on Monday that particular forces rescued two Israeli hostages held in Gaza.
Heavy airstrikes have been carried out in the course of the operation and there have been preliminary studies that Palestinians have been killed within the strikes.
”This was a posh rescue operation beneath hearth within the coronary heart of Rafah, based mostly on extremely delicate and worthwhile intelligence,” mentioned the Israeli navy in an announcement.
Israel’s navy recognized the rescued hostages as 60-year previous Fernando Simon Marman and 70-year previous Louis Har. The Israeli navy mentioned they have been held on the second flooring of a house within the metropolis of Rafah.
It mentioned a particular forces crew broke inside the house and engaged in a firefight, killing militants. The hostages have been then airlifted to Israel and the navy mentioned they have been in good medical form and brought to a hospital. The navy mentioned it carried out airstrikes to supply cowl for the operation.
That is the second profitable Israeli hostage rescue in the course of the warfare. Israel says greater than 100 hostages are nonetheless being held in Gaza.
The raid got here as President Biden warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in opposition to conducting a navy operation in Rafah and not using a ”credible and executable” plan to guard civilians, the White Home mentioned Sunday. It was the primary time that Biden had publicly cautioned Israel in opposition to its deliberate operation in Rafah.