Posts from the liveblog, because a proper article has not yet been published:
On rescued hostages Fernando Marman and Louis HarHere are some details on the two rescued hostages, Fernando Marman and Louis Har, from our previous reporting:
Marman, 61, was taken hostage from Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak to Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about
oppressionand
disproportionate response...
by Hamas
...the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...hard boyz on October 7, along with his sister Clara Marman, 62, her partner Har, 70, their other sister Gabriela Leimberg, 59, and Gabriela’s daughter, Mia Leimberg, 17.
The Leimbergs and Clara Marman were released on November 28 as part of a temporary ceasefire deal brokered by Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...
and the United States between Hamas and Israel.
‘We’ve been working on this for a long time’: IDF spokesman offers details on rescue
IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari offers details on the rescue of hostages Marman and Har.
"The IDF and the Shin Bet have been working on this operation for a long time," he says.
"Conditions were not ripe to carry it out until now, and we waited for them to ripen."
He adds: "Reaching the target in the heart of Rafah was very complex."
Forces clandestinely arrived at the target at around 1 a.m., and carried out a very complex action on the premises and the second floor where the hostages were held."
He says preparations included "backup, a major aerial envelope, and intimate intel."
He says forces then broke into the building and exchanged fire with button men in the building and in adjacent buildings, while extracting the hostages.
"There was intense firepower from the air. Fire was opened from nearby buildings. The Air Force struck intensively there."
He says "many Death Eaters were eliminated tonight in this action."
One soldier was lightly injured, but beyond that no Israelis were hurt.
"The entire operation lasted about an hour from start to finish."
Hagari says the two hostages are now meeting with their families at Sheba Medical Center.
"It was a very tense night, but with a very emotional result," he says.
"We have 134 more hostages and we will continue to do everything to bring them home."
Israel announces rescue of two hostages from Hamas captivity in Gaza
As a new morning dawns, Israel has announced it has managed to safely rescue two hostages from Hamas captivity in Gaza.
The two, Fernando Simon Marman (60) and Norberto Louis Har (70) were extracted in a joint operation by the IDF, Shin Bet and Israel Police in Rafah.
They were kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak on October 7.
It is only the second such successful operation of its kind since October 7. The first was the rescue of soldier Ori Megidish in late October.
| Courtesy of Besoeker, Reuters adds: |
The hostages were taken to Sheba hospital in central Israel, a statement from the hospital said, and were confirmed by doctors to be in "good condition".
| And both Besoeker and Skidmark give us this link to the Daily Mail’s take on the story. |