By Canadian Press

Israeli military says it has rescued a hostage abducted in Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack

Aug 27, 2024 | 6:36 AM

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says it has rescued an Arab citizen of Israel who was among scores of people abducted in Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack.

The military said on Tuesday that Qaid Farhan Alkadi, 52, was rescued “in a complex operation in the southern Gaza Strip.”

Hamas-led militants abucted some 250 people in the Oct. 7 attack, in which some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, were killed.

Israel’s retaliatory offensive has killed over 40,000 Palestinians, according to local health officials, who do not say how many were fighters. It has displaced 90% of Gaza’s 2.3 million people from their homes and caused heavy destruction across the besieged territory.

Hamas is still holding around 110 hostages, about a third of whom are believed to be dead. Most of the rest were released in exchange for Palestinians imprisoned by Israel during a cease-fire last November.

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