Family of Israeli hostage Romi Gonen still in Gaza share complex emotions over Saturday’s rescue
The family of Romi Gonen, the Israeli waitress who was shot and kidnapped on October 7, said Saturday’s shocking rescue of four hostages from Gaza was one of their “happiest days” in recent months, but added that it was “a difficult day… without Romi in our family.” Romi Gonen, 23, was shot in the arm […]
Father of Freed Israeli Hostage Dies of ‘Grief’ Hours Before His Rescue
Yossi Meir Jan, 57, the father of released Israeli hostage Almog Meir Jan, 21, died on Saturday just hours before his son was rescued by Israeli forces. His family said the cause of death was trauma from eight months of captivity. of Jerusalem Post report: The father of Almog Meir Jan, one of four hostages […]
Netanyahu Tells Story of Arnon Zamora, Israeli Hero Who Fell in Hostage Rescue
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu opened a cabinet meeting on Sunday by telling the story of Israeli police inspector Arnon Zamora, leader of the counter-terrorism unit Yamam, who was killed during Saturday’s hostage rescue mission in Gaza. One day you will be able to live your life – life is good. pic.twitter.com/Z09APkjWuK — Benjamin Netanyahu […]
Gaza ‘Journalist’ Who Doubled as Hamas-run Agency Spox Killed in Israeli Hostage Rescue
Abdallah al-Jamal, a journalist with the US 501(c)3 non-profit Palestine Chronicle, who was killed during an Israeli hostage rescue operation in Gaza on Saturday, was revealed to have been a spokesman for the Hamas-run government department. Abdallah al-Jamal, a Palestine Chronicle contributor from Gaza, was one of 210 Palestinians killed in Saturday’s Nuseirat massacre. pic.twitter.com/kkD3Y4fbY3 […]
Jake Sullivan: It’s ‘hard to say’ how Israeli hostage rescue will impact cease-fire negotiations
White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Sunday that it was “hard to say” whether Israel’s recent operation to rescue four hostages in the Gaza Strip would affect ongoing ceasefire negotiations between Israel and Hamas. The IDF, along with two other units, carried out a special operation on Saturday to rescue four hostages being […]
Thousands of anti-Israel protesters gathered outside White House as Israel conducted hostage rescue mission
Despite Israeli forces’ successful hostage rescue mission on Saturday, thousands of anti-Israel protesters raged outside the White House. Protesters claimed Israel had crossed a “red line” of “genocide” in Gaza. Meanwhile, Israel detailed weeks of planning for Saturday’s hostage rescue mission that saved the lives of four Israeli nationals captured in an Oct. 7 Hamas […]
NYC man held victims hostage with fake gun in botched Brooklyn robbery: NYPD
A man tried to rob a Brooklyn cash machine Saturday night and took three people hostage with a fake gun, police said. The suspect entered the Darwin Money Cash Check store on Irving Avenue in Bushwick around 7:45 p.m. and “acted as if he was trying to make a transaction and then announced a robbery,” […]
CAIR Condemns Israeli Hostage Rescue: ‘Horrific Massacre’
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has condemned Saturday’s Israeli military raid in Gaza that led to the rescue of four Israeli hostages held by Hamas terrorists, saying Israeli forces committed a “horrific massacre.” Breitbart News reported on Saturday that in a daring raid, Israeli forces rescued Noah Al-Ghamani, 25, Almog Meir Yan, 21, Andrei […]
Palestinians killed during Israel hostage rescue operation
At least 210 Palestinians, including children, were killed in Israel’s latest hostage rescue operation, which freed four Israeli hostages, according to Gaza health officials. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israel Police and the Israel Securities Authority rescued Noah Al-Ghamani, 25, Armon Meir Yang, 21, Andrei Kozlov, 27, and Shlomi Ziv, 40, the IDF said in […]
How Israel’s daring hostage rescue mission unfolded: ‘A surgical operation’
New details are emerging about Israel’s daring rescue of the four hostages, with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) describing the daylight operation as a “high-risk, complex mission” with “surgical level precision”. IDF Maj. Gen. Daniel Hagari said the operation was planned over weeks using “precise intelligence” and took place at around 11 a.m. local time […]