Israeli forces rescue four hostages in Gaza

From the Telegraph

Israeli forces have rescued four hostages alive from the central Gaza Strip on Saturday, the military said.

The four hostages, three males and one female, had been kidnapped from the Nova music festival on Oct. 7. They were taken to hospital for medical checks.  The Israeli military said the rescue followed a “complex daytime operation”.

“Noa Argamani, 25, Almog Meir Jan, 21, Andrey Kozlov, 27, and Shlomi Ziv, 40, were kidnapped by the Hamas terrorist organization from the Nova music festival on October 7,” the military said in a statement, adding the four were in “good medical condition.”

Video footage has emerged of Ms Argamani reuniting with her father in what appears to be the back of a van or bus.

Ms Argamani was snatched from the Nova music festival on October 7 and driven away on the back of a motorcycle by Hamas terrorists. Video footage of her kidnapping became a defining visual of the terror attack.

During her capture in January, Ms Argamani was forced to appear in a hostage video released by Hamas.