Flight to freedom: Dramatic moment Israeli snatch squad leads freed hostages into waiting helicopter to escape Gaza after deadly firefight that left one IDF soldier dead By Cameron Roy Published: 10:34 EDT, 8 June 2024 | Updated: 11:01 EDT, 8 June 2024 e-mail 4 View comments This is the dramatic moment an Israeli snatch squad led freed hostages into a waiting helicopter to escape Gaza after a deadly firefight that killed one IDF soldier. The quick escape came after Israeli hostages were freed by the rescue squad who came under heavy fire while they carried out a daring raid in Hamas-controlled Gaza . But the mission left one officer Arnon Zmora dead after IDF troops raided two locations in a 'complex daytime operation' at 11:00am (8am GMT) today.
Israel army spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said the operation took place in two separate buildings 'in the heart of a civilian neighbourhood'. Images from the scene showed a group of around 11 running along the ground in Gaza and into the awaiting helicopter to escape. Images from the scene showed a group of around 11 running along the ground in Gaza and into the awaiting helicopter to escape after the daring raid Released hostage Almog Meir Jan reacts after emerging alive from the central Gaza Strip after he was rescued by soldiers in the mission today Among the hostages was Andrey Kozlov (pictured), 27, a Russian who moved to Israel in 2022.
He had been working as a security guard at the Nova festival when he was kidnapped Th.
