Israel rescues 52-year-old hostage taken in October 7 terror attack

ABC | 27 August 2024

Sad that an Arab was held as a hostage at all – but great news he is free – thank God and lets pray for the release of all hostages on BOTH sides – Mark

Qaid Farhan Alkadi, 52, was rescued from a tunnel in the southern Gaza Strip, Israel’s military says.
He was one of eight Arab Bedouin Israelis abducted on October 7, among some 250 total hostages taken by Hamas militants.
Israel continues to work on rescuing surviving hostages, which Hamas hopes to trade for a lasting ceasefire.

The Israeli military says it has rescued an Arab citizen of Israel who was among scores of people abducted in Hamas’s October 7 terror attack.

The rescue brought a rare moment of joy to Israelis amid months of grinding war but also another painful reminder of the scores of hostages remaining in captivity despite international efforts to broker a ceasefire agreement in which they would be released.

The military said Qaid Farhan Alkadi was rescued from a tunnel “in a complex operation in the southern Gaza Strip”, without providing further details.

It was not immediately known if the rescue was made under fire or if anyone was killed or wounded during the operation.

The 52-year-old was one of eight members of Israel’s Arab Bedouin minority who were abducted on October 7.

He was working as a guard at a packing factory in Kibbutz Magen, one of several farming communities that came under attack. He has two wives and is the father of 11 children.

Israel’s Channel 12 showed Alkadi’s family members sprinting through the hospital where he was brought after they received the news.