Heart-stopping moment IDF special forces rescue Israeli hostages from Hamas compound amid a hail of gunfire By Isabelle Stanley For Dailymail.Com Published: 15:40 EDT, 10 June 2024 | Updated: 17:37 EDT, 10 June 2024 e-mail 88 shares 473 View comments Heart-stopping new footage shows the moment IDF special forces rescued four hostages during a raid in Gaza amid a hail of gunfire. Hostages Almog Meir Jan, Andrey Kozlov, Shlomi Ziv and Noa Argamani were taken by Hamas on October 7 and rescued from two apartments in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza on Saturday.
Shocking video of the moment special forces stormed the apartments shows the terrified hostages cowering in a corner while officers greet them. Soldiers then helped some of the captives to flee the building as gunfire is heard erupting all around them. The operation was 'daring in nature, planned brilliantly, and executed in an extraordinary fashion,' Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said.
Shocking video of the moment special forces stormed the apartments shows the terrified hostages look dazed on realizing they're being rescued. Hostage Almog Meir Jan is pictured Meir is seen giving the thumbs up shortly after his release while surrounded by IDF soldiers The rescue has provoked controversy after the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza said 274 people, including children and other civilians, were killed during the mission. The IDF has claimed fewer than 100 people died in the operation, but if the Hamas figures are cor.