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Arizona toddler rescued after getting trapped in a Tesla with a dead battery
 
06/23/2024 7:36:45 PM PDT · by T.B. Yoits · 62 replies
Autoevolution ^ | 6/20/2024 | Cristian Agatie
There's a new trend in the automotive industry to replace physical parts with electrically-actuated systems. The most obvious example is the electrical door release system. All Teslas have such a system, which ensures that the frameless windows are lowered before the door opens. However, when the 12-volt battery dies, the same systems can pose a significant danger, especially when people must quickly evacuate the vehicle. Tesla offers a backup emergency release that works without power, but many owners are unaware of how to use it. Sometimes, the release string is hidden behind the door panel and is not always easy...
 

Citing rescued hostage, captive soldier’s mom says women were held as slaves. ["Palestine" Islamofascism]
 
06/15/2024 8:11:09 PM PDT · by Freeleesy · 1 reply
TOI ^ | June 15, 2024
Citing rescued hostage, captive soldier’s mom says [B]women were held as slaves. Mothers share accounts of their children’s captivity at conference, with one saying girls forced to clean and cook By TOI Staff. Shira Albag, mother of hostage Liri Albag, speaks during a conference of the Female Municipal Leaders' Forum in Ganei Tikva, June 14, 2024. Screen capture: Ynet, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law. The [B]mother of Liri Albag, a 19-year-old female soldier abducted on October 7, shared information Friday about her daughter that she said came from freed female hostages[/B] and also matched the...
 

Crow entangled in sewing thread rescued from atop California tree
 
06/14/2024 8:08:41 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 37 replies
UPI ^ | June 12, 2024 | Ben Hooper
June 12 (UPI) -- Firefighters in California conducted an unusual rescue when a crow spotted struggling high up in a tree turned out to be entangled in sewing thread. The Orange County Fire Authority said Truck 56 responded to a report of a bird in distress near the top of a Ladera Ranch tree on Tuesday. Firefighters ascended the ladder and discovered the distressed crow was entangled in sewing thread. The Fire Authority shared a video of the rescue on social media. "We can't translate what the crow is saying, but we do know the kids' cheers mean they are...
 

Rescued hostages were beaten ‘almost every day,’ says doctor who treated them
 
06/11/2024 8:17:07 PM PDT · by Uncle Miltie · 12 replies
Times of Israel ^ | 6/10/24 | TOI Staff
The doctor overseeing the recovery of four Israeli hostages rescued from the Gaza Strip said Monday that they were beaten regularly during their captivity by the Hamas terror group. Dr. Itai Pessach of Sheba Medical Center outside Tel Aviv told CNN that the hostages suffered almost daily abuse and that their time in captivity was “a harsh, harsh experience.” “Every hour, both physical, mental, and other types, and that is something that is beyond comprehension,” Pessach said. Noa Argamani, Shlomi Ziv, Almog Meir Jan, and Andrey Kozlov were rescued on Saturday from eight months of Hamas captivity in Gaza in...
 

Israeli Channel Fires Anchor After Insensitive Comments About Rescued Hostage's Appearance
 
06/11/2024 5:02:15 PM PDT · by Impala64ssa · 21 replies
Haaretz ^
'Look at her eyebrows, they look better than mine!' Arab Israeli TV presenter Lama Tatour wrote posted on Instagram, referencing the physical appearance of Noa Argmani who was released in a hostage rescue operation after nine months in Hamas captivity Arab Israeli actress and news anchor, Lama Tatour, was fired from Channel 12 after taking to social media on Saturday criticizing the appearance of Noa Argamni, one of four hostages rescued from Hamas captivity after being kidnapped during the October 7 massacre. "This what a girl that's been in captivity for nine months looks like?" Tatour said in Arabic on...
 

Hostages Rescued, and Many Truths Revealed
 
06/11/2024 3:59:49 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 29 replies
American Thinker ^ | 11 Jun, 2024 | John F. Di Leo
“There was a knock on the door. A voice said, ‘It’s the IDF. We’ve come to take you home.’” This is how former hostage Noa Argamani described her rescue from Hamas on the Sabbath — Saturday, June 8 — which also happened to be her father’s birthday. Israelis spent the weekend cheering her rescue, along with the rescues of three other former hostages — Almog Meir Jan, Andrey Kozlov, and Shlomi Ziv. All four, ranging in age from 22 to 41, were kidnapped from the Nova music festival on October 7, Hamas’s notorious day of atrocities. Israeli intelligence recently determined...
 

Stranded Kite Surfer Rescued After Spelling 'HELP' on Santa Cruz County Beach
 
06/10/2024 1:03:31 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 42 replies
KSBW ^ | Jun 10, 2024
CAL Fire San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit helped rescue a stranded kite surfer, they announced on social media on Sunday. The kite surfer was rescued off a beach south of Davenport Landing. CAL FIRE says he used rocks on the beach to spell out "HELP." A private helicopter spotted him and they called 911. The kite surfer was safely extracted and did not need medical attention, per CAL FIRE on a social media post.
 

IDF Rescued New Hostages From the Heart of Hamaz! Everything Revealed! Operation Arnon! (Amazing rescue of 4 more hostages).
 
06/10/2024 10:47:00 AM PDT · by Signalman · 30 replies
YT ^ | 6/9/2024 | Raptor News
The commander of the team who rescued the hostages was killed in the operation. The operation was named after him, "Arnon".
 

Rescued hostages suffering from malnutrition, possibly Stockholm syndrome
 
06/10/2024 8:51:41 AM PDT · by Uncle Miltie · 13 replies
Times of Israel ^ | 6/10/24 | TOI Staff
The four hostages who were rescued on Saturday from Gaza are in a worse physical and psychological state than initially believed, according to Hebrew media reports on Sunday. Noa Argamani, Shlomi Ziv, Almog Meir Jan, and Andrey Kozlov were found to be malnourished during initial medical tests at Sheba Medical Center on Saturday, but the mental influence of their captivity had yet to be established. The Kan public broadcaster reported Sunday evening that after initial conversations with the four, medical professionals believed they were exhibiting signs of Stockholm syndrome, as the rescued hostages spoke about awful experiences they had been...
 

Rescued hostages were held captive in civilian home - report
 
06/10/2024 5:27:17 AM PDT · by COBOL2Java · 18 replies
I24 News ^ | 9 June 2024 | I24 News
Noa Argamani in her father's embrace after Israeli security forces rescued her from Gaza The IDF has now confirmed that three freed Israeli hostages, Almog Meir Jan, Andrey Kozlov, and Shlomi Ziv, were held captive in the family home of Gazan "civilians," a report said on Sunday. Rami Abdul, the chairman of the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor, said that the organization's initial evidence showed the Israeli special forces used a ladder to enter the home of Dr. Ahmed Al-Jamal and his family. Several of the family members were killed during the operation including 36-year-old journalist Abdullah Al-Jamal. According to the...
 

IDF says rescued hostages were held at the home of a Gaza journo who wrote for Al Jazeera
 
06/09/2024 6:26:29 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 14 replies
American Thinker ^ | 06/09/2024 | Monica Showalter
A gander at Al Jazeera's website reveals a strong bias for the 'Israel-bad, Palestinians-victims' party line so dear to Hamas.But mere bias may be the least of this Qatari-financed news agency's issues.The Israeli Defense Forces says that one of its contributors, Abdallah Aljamal, was actually holding three hostages rescued on Saturday by Israeli commandos inside his Gaza home as a trusted Hamas operative. His father, a doctor, was holding the other one, Noa Argamani, the female hostage who was rescued with the other three.According to the New York Post:A Gaza journalist who wrote for Al Jazeera was holding three hostages...
 

CNN under fire for a shocking mistake when reporting on Israel's daring rescue of four hostages from Hamas (released not rescued)
 
06/08/2024 10:54:38 PM PDT · by knighthawk · 19 replies
UK Daily Mail ^ | June 9 2024 | JAMES GORDON
CNN has come under fire for its use of language in its reporting of the rescue of four hostages held by Hamas since October, in a raid in Gaza on Saturday. During an interview discussing the hostage rescue operation a headline appeared on the screen stating the hostages had been 'released' as opposed to having been 'rescued'. On-air, news anchor Victor Blackwell was interviewing Ian Bremmer of Eurasia Group - although neither of the men used the word 'release' in their discussion.
 

The rescued hostages were held in civilian homes of families affiliated w/ Hamas / its terrorists guarding the houses. So tell again about those magical ‘civilians’ in Gaza"
 
06/08/2024 5:04:46 PM PDT · by Freeleesy · 23 replies
Arsen Ostrovsky ^ | June 9, 2024
IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari has confirmed the rescued hostages were held in civilian homes of families affiliated with Hamas and that Hamas terrorists were guarding the houses.
 

Israel says 4 hostages have been rescued in the largest hostage rescue since war began on Oct. 7
 
06/08/2024 4:05:34 AM PDT · by RaceBannon · 81 replies
abc news ^ | ByThe Associated Press June 8, 2024, 6:40 AM | ByThe Associated Press June 8, 2024, 6:40 AM
JERUSALEM -- Israel says 4 hostages have been rescued in the largest hostage rescue since war began on Oct. 7.
 

UNCONFIRMED REPORT: Hostages rescued and taken to Israeli hospital
 
06/08/2024 3:28:20 AM PDT · by ScaniaBoy · 31 replies
@beholdisraelchannel ^ | 8 June, 2024 | Amir Tsrfati
IDF Activity in the Gaza Strip The IDF spokesman recently reported on the IDF's activities in various areas of the Gaza Strip: 1. Security around the American floating pier will be increased following its reconstruction, and in preparation for the re-entry of goods through it. 2. Brigade 401 raided a military compound belonging to Hamas' Tal a-Sultan battalion in western Rafah (south of the Gaza Strip). Tunnel shafts and weapons were located. 3. Division 98 is engaged in combat in the center of the Gaza Strip, specifically in the eastern sector of Deir al-Balah and eastern al-Bureij, operating near one...
 

The Scariest Trip of My Life. How This Airline Rescued Us
 
06/06/2024 10:40:58 AM PDT · by DallasBiff · 4 replies
Mayo Clinic ^ | 9/3/23 | Mayo Clinic
Gallstones are hardened deposits of digestive fluid that can form in your gallbladder. Your gallbladder is a small, pear-shaped organ on the right side of your abdomen, just beneath your liver. The gallbladder holds a digestive fluid called bile that's released into your small intestine.
 

Alligator rescued after six months trapped in drainage pipe
 
04/24/2024 11:24:13 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 26 replies
UPI ^ | APRIL 24, 2024 / 1:20 PM | Ben Hooper
April 24 (UPI) -- A wildlife rescuer in South Carolina came to the rescue of an alligator found to have been trapped in a drainage pipe for nearly six months. Matt Kraycar of K&K Wildlife Services said he was summoned by Port Royal Plantation security in Hilton Head when the gator was spotted trapped underneath a grate. Kraycar said the alligator apparently became stuck while swimming through the pipe in October and had been trapped ever since. "Well they can go into brumation, which is basically like hibernation for reptiles," Kraycar told WTOC-TV. "So as it gets cooler, they're going...
 

Almost 200 Guinea Pigs Were Rescued in South Jersey After They Were Found Living in Poor Conditions
 
04/06/2024 2:49:02 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 31 replies
NBC Philadephia ^ | April 5, 2024 | Brianna Fallon and Kaleah Mcilwain
Now, they need help in finding their forever homes.197 guinea pigs were rescued by a South Jersey animal control service Thursday afternoon after finding the animals living in unsuitable conditions at a property in Bridgeton, New Jersey. Bridgeton Animal Control was responding to an unrelated call when they discovered the guinea pigs living in these conditions in makeshift pins inside two sheds. After finding the guinea pigs, the animal control agency contacted the South Jersey Regional Animal shelter in Vineland to assist them with the animals. The floors and walls of the sheds were covered in layers of urine and...
 

Baby Hedgehog Rescued by Well-Meaning Woman Turns Out to Be a Pom-Pom
 
03/27/2024 12:39:52 PM PDT · by sevinufnine · 27 replies
Yahoo for People Magazine ^ | March 27, 2024 | Escher Walcott
A wildlife hospital just solved a hilarious case of mistaken identity. On Thursday, a woman brought in a baby hedgehog to the Lower Moss Nature Reserve and Wildlife Hospital in Cheshire, England — only to be told it wasn’t an animal in need but a beanie hat pop-pom. The caring woman had picked up the 'hedgehog' from the side of the road after she noticed it “hadn’t moved or pooped all night,” reported U.K. newspaper The Independent. “From a distance, you take it at face value. She didn’t handle it at all — she scooped it in a box with...
 

Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) rescued 13 Americans from Haiti over the weekend, marking the completion of his second trip to the Caribbean nation.
 
03/19/2024 4:30:47 AM PDT · by airdalecheif · 7 replies
washingtonexaminer.com ^ | March 18, 2024 5:00 am | Misty Severi
Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) rescued 13 Americans from Haiti over the weekend, marking the completion of his second trip to the Caribbean nation. The congressman said the rescue mission included the recovery of a two-month-old baby and a three-year-old girl. The operation comes less than a week after Mills rescued ten Americans who worked for the “Have Faith” orphanage.
 
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