Army says Israeli hostage rescued from Gaza

By : AFP

Date: 27 August 2024 1:55pm WAT

An Israeli military vehicle drives past a cement barrier, set up by the Israeli Army, near Kiryat Shmona close to the Lebanon border on April 1, 2024, amid the ongoing battles Israel and the Hamas militant group. (Photo by Jalaa MAREY / AFP)

In this picture taken during a media tour organised by the Israeli military on October 22, 2023, Israeli soldiers take a defensive position in Kibbutz Beeri along the border with the Gaza Strip, in the aftermath of a Palestinian militant attack on October 7. (Photo by Thomas COEX / AFP)

The Israeli military said its forces rescued an Israeli hostage in southern Gaza on Tuesday after a “complex operation”.

Kaid Alkadi, a 52-year-old Israeli Bedouin, was abducted by Palestinian militants during the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel, the military said in a statement.

“Kaid AlKadi was rescued… in a complex operation in the southern Gaza Strip,” the military said.

“He is in a stable medical condition and is being transferred for medical checks to a hospital.”

Alkadi is a resident of Rahat, a predominantly Arab town, and on October 7 he was working as a guard at a warehouse in southern Israel when he was seized by militants.