Israeli forces rescued three hostages held in Gaza’s Nuseirat, police footage revealed Monday. Elite Yamam counter-terrorism unit officers and Shin Bet agents executed the daring mission, storming the home of Hamas militant Abdallah Aljamal on Saturday.
The dramatic video shows Yamam officers entering the building under intense gunfire and explosions. “Hebrew, Hebrew, where is everyone?” one officer shouts. “Here, they are here,” another responds, leading to the identification of Almog Meir Jan, Andrey Kozlov, and Shlomi Ziv.
“Three [hostages] are in our hands,” confirms an officer. “Everything is okay. We have come to rescue you, be calm,” he reassures, fist-bumping Meir Jan.
The video cuts to scenes of the hostages being evacuated under fire. Tragically, Yamam officer Chief Inspector Arnon Zmora was killed during the mission, which has been named “Operation Arnon” in his honor.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) also released footage of the hostages being airlifted from Gaza to Tel Hashomer Hospital in central Israel. A fourth hostage, Noa Argamani, was rescued from another building and transported separately.
The four hostages were abducted on October 7 from the Supernova music festival near Re’im during a Hamas-led attack that left 1,200 dead and 251 taken captive.
Simultaneous raids on two buildings in Nuseirat were conducted by Yamam and Shin Bet, targeting Hamas-affiliated guards. According to Hamas’s government media office, at least 274 people were killed during the operation, a figure yet to be verified. The IDF acknowledged civilian casualties but blamed Hamas for using a dense civilian area for combat. “We know about under 100 [Palestinian] casualties. I don’t know how many of them are terrorists,” said IDF Spokesman Daniel Hagari.
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