Israel rescues four hostages in Gaza raid that Hamas says kills 210 Palestinians.
Palestinian Abdel Rahman Barika, who survived an Israel i air strike, looks from a damaged house at the site of an Israel i strike, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, April 29, 2024. Israel i forces rescued four hostages held by Hamas since October in a raid in Gaza on Saturday that Palestinian officials said killed more than 200 people, one of the single bloodiest Israel i assaults of the eight-month-old war.
Israel’s forces came under intense fire during the assault and responded by firing “from the air and from the street,” the spokesperson, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, said. Israel named the rescued hostages as Noa Argamani, 26, Almog Meir Jan, 22, Andrey Kozlov, 27, and Shlomi Ziv, 41. They were taken to hospital for medical checks and were in good health, the military said.
The spokesperson for Hamas’ armed al-Qassam Brigades, Abu Ubaida, said some hostages were killed during the rescue operation.Asked about news reports that U.S. intelligence supported the rescue operation, Lerner said Israel and the U.S. had a “close, intimate working relationship” as relates to intelligence but declined to elaborate.
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