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Hostage held by Hamas in Gaza rescued by Israeli forces, IDF says
NBC ^ | 8-27-24 | Chantal Da Silva and Paul Goldman

Posted on 08/27/2024 9:36:05 AM PDT by Dacula

ABedouin man who was held hostage in Gaza for more than 10 months was rescued by Israeli forces on Tuesday, Israeli officials announced. Qaid Farhan Alkadi, 52, was rescued from an underground tunnel in a "complex mission" by Israeli commandos acting on intelligence, Israel Defense Forces spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said in a news briefing Tuesday. "He is alive and back home in Israel," Hagari said. Alkadi, a father of 11 from south of Rahat, an Arab Bedouin city in the Southern District of Israel, was taken hostage during Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks while working in security at a packing factory in Kibbutz Magen in southern Israel, the Hostages and Missing Families Forum said in a statement Tuesday. Expand article logo Continue reading Back to Home The full details of Alkadi's rescue were not immediately clear, with the IDF and Israel Security Agency, or the Shin Bet, saying in a statement Tuesday that further details could not be published "due to considerations of the safety of our hostages, the security of our forces, and national security." They said Alkadi was in stable medical condition and was being transferred for medical checks at a hospital.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: 2023; 202307; 20230711; bedoin; free; gaza; hamas; hostage; hostages; isreal; qaidfarhanalkadi

1 posted on 08/27/2024 9:36:05 AM PDT by Dacula
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To: Dacula
Qaid Farhan Alkadi and the Commanding Officer of the 162nd Division moments after his rescue.


2 posted on 08/27/2024 9:49:06 AM PDT by caww (O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......)
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3 posted on 08/27/2024 9:51:08 AM PDT by caww (O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......)
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To: caww

From the differences in the two photos you can tell that those animal Hamas starved him.


4 posted on 08/27/2024 10:07:49 AM PDT by wildcard_redneck (He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)
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not only has he not been fed, he can barely smile. wishing him a strong recovery. i see his family rallied around him immediately.


5 posted on 08/27/2024 10:21:08 AM PDT by avital2
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...

6 posted on 08/27/2024 10:30:59 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: Dacula
America's special forces sit idly by while America's citizens rot away as Hamas hostages.

Where are our military leaders? Where is our Presi...

You know...

7 posted on 08/27/2024 10:47:47 AM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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