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The four were kidnapped during the [[Re'im music festival massacre|massacre at the Nova festival]]. The operation targeted a school and market place simultaneously, and the hostages were uninjured. A Yamam soldier, Arnon Zemora, was seriously injured during the operation and later died.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=תורג'מן |first=מאיר |last2=זיתון |first2=יואב |date=2024-06-08 |title=הותר לפרסום: נועה ארגמני, אלמוג מאיר, אנדריי קוזלוב ושלומי זיו חולצו בחיים |url=https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/SJqwX2brR |access-date=2024-06-08 |work=Ynet |language=he}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Barnea |first=Yuval |url=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-805436 |title='A hero of Israel': Yamam soldier Arnon Zamora succumbs to wounds after rescue op. |publisher=The Jerusalem Post |date=2024-06-08 }}</ref> |
The four were kidnapped during the [[Re'im music festival massacre|massacre at the Nova festival]]. The operation targeted a school and market place simultaneously, and the hostages were uninjured. A Yamam soldier, Arnon Zemora, was seriously injured during the operation and later died.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=תורג'מן |first=מאיר |last2=זיתון |first2=יואב |date=2024-06-08 |title=הותר לפרסום: נועה ארגמני, אלמוג מאיר, אנדריי קוזלוב ושלומי זיו חולצו בחיים |url=https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/SJqwX2brR |access-date=2024-06-08 |work=Ynet |language=he}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Barnea |first=Yuval |url=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-805436 |title='A hero of Israel': Yamam soldier Arnon Zamora succumbs to wounds after rescue op. |publisher=The Jerusalem Post |date=2024-06-08 }}</ref> |
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This operation lead to the massacre of arrouund 210 Palestinian refugees in the [[Nuseirat refugee camp]], many of whom were women and children.<ref name="al-jazeera-rescue">{{cite web |title=Israeli army says four captives rescued amid heavy strikes on Gaza |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/8/israeli-army-says-it-rescued-four-captives-held-in-gaza |website=aljazeera.com |publisher=Al Jazeera |access-date=8 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=חלבי |first=עינב |last2=זיתון |first2=יואב |date=2024-06-08 |title=דיווחים בעזה: "בית ספר כותר באזור נוסייראת, כוח של צה"ל חדר לשוק" |url=https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/rynuwnzrr |access-date=2024-06-08 |work=Ynet |language=he}}</ref> |
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== Background == |
== Background == |
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The Nuseirat rescue operation (codenamed Operation Seeds of Summer) was carried out by Yamam (Israel's national counter-terror and hostage rescue unit), the Shin Bet and Israel Defense Forces in the Nuseirat refugee camp on 8 June 2024. During the operation, four Israelis who were kidnapped in the Hamas surprise attack on Israel were rescued. The freed hostages were Noa Argamani, Shlomi Ziv, Almog Meir Jan and Andrey Kozlov.[1][2]
The four were kidnapped during the massacre at the Nova festival. The operation targeted a school and market place simultaneously, and the hostages were uninjured. A Yamam soldier, Arnon Zemora, was seriously injured during the operation and later died.[3][4]
This operation lead to the massacre of arrouund 210 Palestinian refugees in the Nuseirat refugee camp, many of whom were women and children.[5][6]
Background
On 7 October 2023, Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel. As part of the attack, in which the Palestinian Islamic Jihad organization was also involved, thousands of rockets were launched towards the State of Israel and about 3,000 militants from the Gaza Strip infiltrated dozens of Israeli kibutzim and military installations and massacred civilians in nearby kibutzim and the Re'im music festival. As part of the attack, Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad kidnapped hundreds of Israelis, civilians and soldiers.[7] This attack led to the Israel-Hamas war.[7]
On 6 June 2024, a few days before the rescue operation in the same refugee camp, Israeli forces struck a UNRWA school in the Nuseirat refugee camp, killing at least 33 people including women and children.[8]
Hostages
Among the kidnapped was 25-year-old Israeli woman Noa Argamani, who was abducted during the Re'im music festival massacre. In one of the initial videos released by Hamas documenting the massacre, Argamani is seen being taken away on a motorcycle while yelling, "Don't kill me!" Her arms are outstretched towards her boyfriend, Avinatan Or, who was also being kidnapped.[9][10] This footage became emblematic of the hostage crisis, leading to Argamani being described as "the face of the Nova music festival hostages."[11]
Rescue
The IDF said that they worked with Shin Bet and Israeli police to free the four Israeli hostages.[3] The operation was planned for several weeks, and was carried out after an intelligence opportunity arose. During the operation, the Southern Command and the Air Force said they exchanged fire with Hamas militants.[1]
The abductees were rescued in the morning from two different locations in the operation in the center of Nusseirat. The abductees were not injured, and were transferred to Sheba Medical Center.[3] During captivity they were held in a civilian environment, with the IDF claiming this was an intentional method by their captors. [1]
Casualties
Palestinian health officials reported the deaths of at least 210 people in the operation, of which the majority were women and children. Witnesses reported that entire residential blocks were wiped out. Dr. Tanya Haj-Hassan, a paediatric intensive care doctor with Doctors Without Borders, stated that Al-Aqsa hospital , where many of the affected victims were transported, was a "complete bloodbath."[5][12] Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas described the operation as a "massacre."[13]
The operation also claimed the life of an Israeli officer in the elite Yamam counter-terrorism unit.[14]
Aftermath
Noa Argamani was reunited with her father and transported to Sheba hospital to be reunited with her mother, where she was being treated for cancer.[15]
Upon receiving the news celebrations begun spontaneously across Israel. Israeli life guards told beach goers of the rescue and people responded with cheers and singing.[16]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Four Israeli hostages freed in raid in central Gaza". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 2024-06-08.
- ^ i24NEWS (2024-06-08). "IDF rescues 4 Israeli hostages from Gaza: Noa Argamani, Shlomi Ziv, Almog Meir Jan and Andrey Kozlov". I24news. Retrieved 2024-06-08.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b c תורג'מן, מאיר; זיתון, יואב (2024-06-08). "הותר לפרסום: נועה ארגמני, אלמוג מאיר, אנדריי קוזלוב ושלומי זיו חולצו בחיים". Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2024-06-08.
- ^ Barnea, Yuval (2024-06-08). "'A hero of Israel': Yamam soldier Arnon Zamora succumbs to wounds after rescue op". The Jerusalem Post.
- ^ a b "Israeli army says four captives rescued amid heavy strikes on Gaza". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
- ^ חלבי, עינב; זיתון, יואב (2024-06-08). "דיווחים בעזה: "בית ספר כותר באזור נוסייראת, כוח של צה"ל חדר לשוק"". Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2024-06-08.
- ^ a b "Fact Sheet: Israel and Palestine Conflict (9 October 2023) - occupied Palestinian territory | ReliefWeb". reliefweb.int. 2023-10-10. Retrieved 2024-06-08.
- ^ "Israeli strike kills at least 33 people at a Gaza school the military claims was being used by Hamas". AP News. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
- ^ Davis, Alys (2023-10-08). "What we know about Israeli hostages taken by Hamas". BBC News. Retrieved 2023-11-10.
- ^ Fitzgerald, Madeline (2023-10-08). "Family of Terrified Couple Kidnapped By Hamas Releases Video Showing Moment They Were Taken: 'Don't Kill Me!'". The Messenger. Archived from the original on 10 November 2023. Retrieved 2023-11-10.
- ^ "Noa Argamani became the face of the Nova music festival hostages", NBC News, retrieved December 19, 2023
- ^ חלבי, עינב; זיתון, יואב (2024-06-08). "דיווחים בעזה: "בית ספר כותר באזור נוסייראת, כוח של צה"ל חדר לשוק"". Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2024-06-08.
- ^ "PA's Abbas calls for emergency UNSC meeting after rescue of hostages, citing 'bloody massacre'". timesofisrael.com. Times of Israel. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
- ^ Fabian, Emanuel. "Police say Officer Arnon Zamora dies of wounds from hostage rescue op". timesofisrael.com. Times of Israel. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
- ^ Ynetnews (2024-06-08). "Watch: after 8 months in Hamas captivity, Noa Argamani reunited with her father". Ynetnews. Retrieved 2024-06-08.
- ^ צור, רענן בן; צ'כנובר, יעל (2024-06-08). ""ארבעה חטופים הוחזרו בחיים, עם ישראל חי!": תיעוד החגיגות ברחבי הארץ". Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2024-06-08.
