Ismail Al-Qadi (centre) holds one of the sons of his brother, Kaid Farhan Al-Qadi, 52, who was held hostage by Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip, as he stand next to his other two nephews and a relative, at the entrance of the Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba, Israel, August 27, 2024
THE Israeli military said today that it has rescued one of the scores of people abducted in Hamas’s October 7 attack.
The rescue brought a rare moment of joy to Israelis amid months of grinding war.
But the release is also another painful reminder of about 110 hostages remaining in captivity despite efforts to broker a ceasefire deal as the Israelis continue its operation against the Palestinians in both Gaza and the West Bank.
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