daniel hagari has said that israeli forcies rescued hostages from hamas whilst under fire. this morning at 11am israeli special forces conducted a complex rescue mission and successfully rescued four of our hostages from hamas captivity in gaza. noa argamani, almog meirjan, shlomi ziv and andri kozlov. they are back home in israel. they are alive, they are well. they will undergo medical examination and will soon be reunited with their families in the hospital. noa, almog, andri and shlomi were rescued after 246 days in hamas captivity after they were brutally kidnapped from the nova music festival on the 7th of october. this was a high risk, complex mission, based on precise intelligence, conducted in daylight, in two separate buildings deep inside gaza. while underfire, underfire inside the buildings, under fire on the way out from gaza, our forces rescued our hostages. israeli forces have been preparing for this rescue mission for weeks. they underwent intensive training.
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area of the strip. hostages noa argamani, almog meirjan, shlomi ziv and andrey kozlov were freed during what the israeli defence forces have described as a high risk and complex operation from two separate buildings. this is the moment noa argamani was reunited with her father after eight months being held hostage she also spoke on the phone to prime minister benjamin netanyahu. you may remember seeing footage of noa being carried into gaza on the back of a motorbike, shouting don t kill me , after being kidnapped with her boyfriend from the music festival. her boyfriend avinatan or is thought to remain captive in gaza. all four of the relaesed hostages are being treated at a hosptial in tel aviv they re said to be in good medical condition. this was shlomi ziv and his wife speaking for the first time in eight months. the relatives have just been holding a news conference. a news conference. thank you for brinuain a news conference. thank you for bringing my a news
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