Palestinians inspect the damage to residential buildings where two Israeli hostages were reportedly held before being rescued during an operation by Israeli security forces in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. The Israeli military said early Monday that it had rescued the two hostages from captivity in the Gaza Strip.
Israel freed two Israeli-Argentinian hostages in Rafah on Monday under the cover of airstrikes, which local health officials said killed 67 Palestinians and wounded dozens in the southern Gaza city that is the last refuge of about a million displaced civilians.·Palestinians on Monday in Rafah, the southern Gaza Strip, inspect the damage to residential buildings where two Israeli hostages were reportedly held before being rescued during an operation by Israeli security forces.
A relative of one of the hostages said he had seen both freed men in hospital and found them "a bit frail, a bit thin, a bit pale," but overall in good condition. Idan Bejerano, son-in-law of Hare, said that the hostages had both been sleeping when, "within a minute," the commandos were in the building and covering them as they fought the captors.
Israel's military said its airstrikes had coincided with the raid to allow its forces to be extracted. "It was the worst night since we arrived in Rafah last month. Death was so near as shells and missiles landed 200 metres from our tent camp," said Gaza businessman Emad, a father of six, who communicated with Reuters using a chat app.
U.S. President Joe Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday that Israel should not start a military operation in Rafah without a credible plan to ensure the safety of the roughly one million people sheltering there, the White House said.Israeli president warned against Rafah ground invasionIsraeli President Benjamin Netanyahu is being warned by the EU, UN and U.S. not to launch a ground invasion in Rafah, where more than a million Palestinians have fled for refuge.
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