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Israel Rescues Four Hostages From Nuseirat Camp During Gaza Raid, Netanyahu Says
“high risk complex mission based on precise intelligence conducted in daylight.”
“For Palestinians it brought more suffering, with hospitals saying dozens of people - including children - were killed”
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Israel rescued four hostages alive from the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza. Hostages identified as Noa Argamani, Almog Meir Jan, Andrey Kozlov, Shlomi Ziv.
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Hostages Freed in Nuseirat
Israel’s military, Shin Bet, and Israeli police announced a joint rescue in Gaza’s Nuseirat camp in which four Israeli hostages were recovered alive during a raid on Saturday. The joint statement said the hostages were Noa Argamani, Almog Meir Jan, Andrey Kozlov, and Shlomi Ziv, and it said their medical condition is normal. Hamas’s-run Ministry of Health in Gaza said at least 274 Palestinians were killed and more than 400 injured in the operation, while an Israeli military spokesperson put the figure at fewer than 100.
“‘We will not let up until we complete the mission and return home all the hostages, both those alive and dead,’ Netanyahu said.”
CBS News reported that the operation involved an Israeli strike on “terrorist infrastructure” in central Gaza, and it said the freed Israelis were sent to the Tel Hashomer Sheba Medical Center for further medical examination. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, “We will not let up until we complete the mission and return home all the hostages, both those alive and dead,” as the IDF spokesperson Daniel Hagari described a “high risk complex mission based on precise intelligence.”
Competing Death Toll Narratives
Palestinian residents and medics described the assault in al-Nuseirat as leaving mangled bodies of men, women and children strewn around a marketplace and mosque, while Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said Israeli forces responded by firing “from the air and from the street.” The Hamas-run government media office in Gaza said the death toll had risen to at least 210 Palestinians with more than 400 others injured, and the BBC said hospitals counted more than 70 bodies. The BBC also quoted Nora Abu Khamees sheltering in Nuseirat saying, “I have gathered the body parts of my child, my dear child,” and it quoted 10-year-old Areej Al Zahdneh saying, “We couldn’t breathe.”
In parallel, CBS News reported that Gaza’s Al-Aqsa hospital staff were struggling to treat casualties, with Gaza’s health ministry saying, “Dozens of injured people are lying on the ground and medical teams are trying to save them with the simple medical capabilities they have.” The UN’s emergency relief coordinator Martin Griffiths said the Nuseirat camp “is the epicentre of the seismic trauma that civilians in Gaza continue to suffer,” linking the rescue operation’s aftermath to the broader war’s continuing impact.
Aftermath and What Comes Next
Israel’s officials framed the rescue as part of an ongoing campaign, with Yoav Gallant saying, “Israel's defense establishment will continue fighting until 120 hostages return home,” and with the Hostages Families Forum calling the operation “a miraculous triumph.”
“Israel's defense establishment will continue fighting until 120 hostages return home.”
CBS News said the operation took place after the IDF announced it was striking “terrorist infrastructure” in central Gaza, and it reported that one IDF fighter, Commander Arnon Zamora, was killed during the hostage rescue.
The UN said that even after the four hostages were reunited with their families in Israel, “scores are still being held captive. All of them must be released,” and it quoted António Guterres renewing his appeal for “the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages and for an end to this war”.
The BBC reported that the raid was dubbed “Seeds of Summer,” and it said the US provided intelligence support for the operation, citing CBS News and two US officials.
The Washington Post described the operation as involving a deadly “wall of fire,” while ABC News & Headlines said the rescue was Israel’s largest hostage rescue operation since the latest war with Hamas began.