The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said on Saturday it had rescued four Israeli hostages during a “complex daytime special operation” in Nuseirat, a refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.
The hostages are Noa Argamani, 25, Almog Meir Jan, 21, Andrey Kozlov, 27 and Shlomi Ziv, 40
They were kidnapped by the Palestinian Islamic terrorist organization Hamas on October 7 from the Nova music festival in southern Israel, the IDF said.
The IDF carried out the operation on Saturday morning together with the Israel Security Agency (ISA) and the Yamam police counter-terrorism unit, the IDF said.
The four are in “good medical condition” and were taken to the “Sheba” Tel-Hashomer Medican Center for further medical evaluation.
The IDF said it will continue to make every effort to bring the hostages home.
