June 10th 2024.
The next event that unfolded was straight out of a movie. Three hostages, who had been held captive for over eight months after being taken from the Nova Music Festival in Israel, were finally rescued in a daring operation in Gaza. The rescue was caught on camera by a soldier from the elite Yamam unit, who was wearing a helmet. The footage showed the soldiers storming a house in the Nuseirat refugee camp on Saturday, where the hostages were being held by Hamas militants.
The soldiers were heavily armed and could be seen firing rounds of ammunition in all directions as they entered the building. The hostages, Shlomi Ziv, Andrey Kozlov, and Almog Meir Jan, had taken shelter under mattresses on the floor to protect themselves from the gunfire. Despite being in captivity for months, they appeared unharmed and in good health, with no signs of being tied up. This suggested that they had been allowed to move freely within the house.
Once inside, the soldiers asked the hostages to identify themselves by name. One of the soldiers even gave a fist-bump to show that they were there to rescue them. The video ended with the Israeli troops providing cover fire as the hostages made their escape on foot. Two other hostages were also seen in the building, bringing the total number of rescued individuals to five.
This was the largest rescue operation since Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared war on Palestinians. It had taken weeks of planning, but unfortunately, it also resulted in the deaths of 274 people, including innocent children. The operation was one of the bloodiest Israeli assaults in recent times, with videos showing the gruesome aftermath of the bombing.
Ziad, a paramedic and resident of Nuseirat, described the scene as a real-life horror movie. He witnessed the Israeli drones and warplanes firing randomly at people's houses and those who were trying to flee the area. The bombardment mainly targeted a local marketplace and a mosque, causing widespread destruction in the Nuseirat refugee camp.
Israel's spokesperson, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, stated that the operation took place in a residential neighborhood in Nuseirat and that the soldiers had trained extensively for it. They had even practiced on a model of the apartment buildings and executed the operation simultaneously in broad daylight to maintain the element of surprise.
According to Hagari, the soldiers came under intense fire during the assault and had to respond by firing from the air and the street. He also claimed that fewer than 100 people were killed in the operation, but the actual death toll was much higher. Israeli authorities estimate that there are still 116 hostages left in Gaza, with at least 40 of them being declared dead in absentia.
The spokesperson for Hamas' armed al-Qassam Brigades, Abu Ubaida, admitted that some hostages were killed during the rescue operation. However, Israeli spokesperson Peter Lerner called this a "blatant lie," denying any casualties among the rescued hostages. The entire ordeal was a tragic and senseless loss of innocent lives, all in the pursuit of freeing just four individuals.
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