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Nuseirat is the area of Gaza where Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists were killed while hiding out in a UN school. Is this why there was such wailing and gnashing of teeth by Hamas’ media and UN allies: The IDF was close to finding hostages? Why doesn’t the media or UN tell Hamas and Islamic Jihad to simply give the hostages back to Israel and save everyone’s lives?

Screen grab from IDF video of rescue of three of the hostages: https://youtu.be/DRiYaqbP48E
These are apparently Almog Meir Jan (21), Andrey Kozlov (27), and Shlomi Ziv (40).

https://www.idf.il/אתרי-יחידות/יומן-המלחמה/כל-הכתבות/יומן-המלחמה-כל-העדכונים-והתיעודים-האחרונים/ Return of three of the four hostages. Did Hamas steal their shoes or was there an operational reason they are in socks? Noa Argamani appears to have been rescued from a second site.

“Israel Defense Forces @IDF 3:01 PM · Jun 8, 2024
Watch IDF Spokesperson RAdm. Daniel Hagari’s statement regarding our operation to bring Noa, Almog, Andrey and Shlomi back home”: https://x.com/IDF/status/1799411485342568644 (Video in English at link)

Excerpt of statement: “This was a high-risk complex mission based on precise intelligence, conducted in daylight in two separate buildings deep inside Gaza while under fire. Under fire inside the buildings. Under Fire on the way out from Gaza. Our forces rescued our hostages. Israeli forces have been preparing for this rescue mission for weeks. They underwent intensive training. They risked their lives to save the lives of our hostages. This is what we do in Israel. We risk our lives to save the lives of our hostages. While we are while we are happy that our four hostages are home, we will not lose sight that 120 hostages are still being by Hamas in Gaza” (IDF Spokesperson RAdm. Daniel Hagari, 8 June 2024) Video is also here: “IDF Spokesperson on Operation to Return 4 Hostages Back Home”: https://youtu.be/MQO76ZTce08

“The four were rescued in a joint rescue operation by the IDF, Shin Bet and the Israel Police. A daring operation in broad daylight, during which they raided 2 different buildings in the heart of the Gaza Strip, and, while under fire, rescued the four hostages held by Hamas. We will continue to do everything in order to return to us the 120 abductees, who are still being held in Gaza.” Translated from the original Hebrew here: https://www.idf.il/אתרי-יחידות/יומן-המלחמה/כל-הכתבות/יומן-המלחמה-כל-העדכונים-והתיעודים-האחרונים/

“Israel Defense Forces @IDF
Noa Argamani (25), Almog Meir Jan (21), Andrey Kozlov (27), and Shlomi Ziv (40) were rescued in a special operation by the IDF, ISA and Israel Police from 2 separate locations in the heart of Nuseirat after being kidnapped by Hamas from the Nova music festival.

They are in good medical condition and have been transferred to the ‘Sheba’ Tel-HaShomer Medical Center for further medical examinations.

We will continue to make every effort to bring the hostages home.
1:46 PM · Jun 8, 2024” https://x.com/IDF/status/1799392501586952256 (See photos at link)


“Israel Defense Forces @IDF
245 days.

It has been 245 days since Noa hugged her father and her mother who is terminally ill. It has been 245 days since she was dancing with her friends at the Nova festival.

For 245 days, Noa was held captive by Hamas terrorists who only seek to cause pain and suffering.

Today, Hamas’ torment of Noa came to an end as she was reunited with her loved ones.
4:31 PM · Jun 8, 2024” https://x.com/IDF/status/1799433988332732524 (See photo of Noa and her father reunited at the link.)

36 year old Yaman (National Counter-Terrorism Unit) Soldier, Arnon Zamora, was fatally injured during the rescue operation. He was married with two children: ‘”Hero of Israel’: Yamam soldier Arnon Zamora succumbs to wounds after rescue op. – Arnon Zamora was fatally wounded during the rescue operation, which brought back four hostages from Hamas captivity”. By YUVAL BARNEA JUNE 8, 2024 16:14 Updated: JUNE 8, 2024 17:50 https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-805436

“Yamam (Hebrew: יחידה מרכזית מיוחדת, romanized: Yeḥida Merkazit Meyuḥedet; Special Central Unit), also known as National Counter-Terrorism Unit, is Israel’s national counter-terrorism unit, one of four special units of the Israel Border Police. The Yamam is capable of both hostage-rescue operations and offensive take-over raids against terrorist targets in civilian areas. Besides military and counter-terrorism duties, it also performs tactical unit duties and undercover police work.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamam

From the IDF update site (original in Hebrew):
“17:27 | The IDF bows its head following the fall of the late Commander Arnon Zamora, a team commander in the National Counter-Terrorism Unit (NCTU) of the Israel Police.

Arnon is a hero of Israel, a lover of the land and a protector. He led the force that rescued the four abductees who returned to Israel from the heart of the Gaza Strip. The IDF salutes his memory.

We embrace Arnon’s family in their most difficult time. Of blessed memory.

17:00 | The moments of the helicopter lift with three of the abductees who returned to Israel from the Gaza Strip”: https://youtu.be/DRiYaqbP48E
See the Hebrew original and more here: https://www.idf.il/אתרי-יחידות/יומן-המלחמה/כל-הכתבות/יומן-המלחמה-כל-העדכונים-והתיעודים-האחרונים/