3:31 p.m. ET, June 10, 2024
Israeli police liberate video of the instant when 3 hostages had been rescued in Gaza
From The Gentleman Report’s Tim Lister, Tamar Michaelis and Gianluca Mezzofiore
The Israeli police and the Israeli Safety Company have launched video recorded on a helmet digital camera of the instant the 3 male hostages had been rescued in Gaza on Saturday.
They described the video as being of the operation performed by way of Yamam (Police Nationwide Counterterrorism Unit) and Shin Wager operatives “rescuing the hostages beneath heavy fireplace and getting rid of Gaza terrorists.”
In a observation accompanying the video, which lasts some 45 seconds, they mentioned that “Yamam and Shin Wager operatives labored concurrently at two places to rescue the 4 hostages, attractive in fierce fight with the terrorists.”
A part of the video is blurred. It displays Israeli safety forces coming near a assets via a lawn after which getting into amid heavy gunfire. The Gentleman Report has geolocated the lawn as on the identical assets the place a Mercedes van presupposed to had been concerned within the operation used to be positioned.
The video is edited and a few audio is muted. It’s unclear whether or not it used to be all shot at one location. It displays the 3 male hostages rescued cowering in a room.
Within the video, a voice says in Hebrew, “Right here, they’re right here.”
“Title, identify…,” says any individual.
Two of the hostages establish themselves as Almog Meir Jan and Andrey Kozlov.
Probably the most rescuers is heard pronouncing:
“3 captives and lacking [hostages], in our fingers. 3 captives and lacking [hostages]. The whole thing is ok. We got here to rescue you, be calm.”
According to the garments they had been dressed in when rescued, the 3 hostages then seem to run in the course of the lawn of the valuables as gunfire continues.
Some background: On Saturday, the Israeli army rescued 4 hostages, 3 males and a girl, in a unique operation within the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza – Noa Argamani, Almog Meir Jan, Andrey Kozlov, and Shlomi Ziv. All 4 had been abducted from the Nova track pageant on October 7.
