Noa Argamani, 25, Almog Meir Jan, 21, Andri Kozlov, 27, and Shlomi Ziv, 40, were rescued during the “Summer Seeds” operation.
The four Israeli hostages saved from Hamas gained their freedom in one of the “most complicated hostage rescue missions in history,” officials said.
Noa Argamani, 25, Almog Meir Jan, 21, Andri Kozlov, 27, and Shlomi Ziv, 40, were saved during the “Summer Seeds” operation in Nuseirat, central Gaza on Saturday, Israeli writer Hen Mazzig explained on X.
The hostages were being held above ground, in three-to-four story buildings in an area that was crowded with civilians, Mazzig added, citing the Israel Defense Forces.
“The forces stormed the two separate targets where the hostages were held, with Noa held on the first floor and Andrey, Shlomi, and Almog on the third floor of another building, hundreds of meters apart,” he said.
Hamas supposedly pays Palestinian families in the Gaza Strip to keep the hostages in their homes, the Times of Israel’s Mannie Fabian reported.
The IDF soldiers used weapons that were specifically designed for the operation, according to Mazzig.
