Four Israeli hostages are released after a an operation in central Gaza

Four Israeli hostages taken by Hamas from the Nova music festival in the terror group’s attacks on 7 October have been released as Israel’s army declared.

The ones who were rescued The people who were rescued are Noa Argamani 25 years old, Almog Meirjan 21 Andrei Kozlov, 27, and Shlomi Ziv 40 according to the Israel Defense Forces said.

They were rescued during an inter-agency “complex” nighttime rescue operation which was conducted by the Israel Security Agency and Israel Police in two separate sites in Nuseirat the central part of Gaza The IDF stated.

These are all in excellent health and were transferred to the “Sheba’ Tel-HaShomer Medical Centre for more medical exams the IDF declared.

The Hamas-run health department in Gaza reports that dozens of patients including children were killed or injured during the attack.

The staff in the Al-Aqsa hospital are believed being struggling for help in treating wounded.

“Dozens of injured victims are in a coma, and medical teams are working to save them using the basic medical skills available,” the ministry said on Facebook.

The unlikely rescue comes eight months after war broke out between Israel and Hamas within Gaza.

In the 7 October attack on the festival as well as other areas in southern Israel the militants seized 251 hostages, including 116 of them remain on the Palestinian territory and include 41 whom which the army claims to be dead.

A deal that was reached in November was a deal that saw Hamas release hostages 105 in exchange for a cease-fire lasting a week and about 244 Palestinian prisoners being held in Israeli prisons.

Argamani is a Chinese-born Israeli citizens, was abducted during the event. Video footage – confirmed from her father Yaakov Argamani, who is a member of Israeli’s Channel 12 – shows the 25-year old being taken off by an unmarked motorbike, screaming “Don’t harm me!”

New footage of Argamani being reunited with her father who was smiling and holding the latter on a motorbike was broadcast shortly after the news of the rescue mission on Saturday.

Kozlov Kozlov, an Russian who emigrated into Israel from 2022 to Israel, worked for a security officer for the festival.

Jan attempted to get away from the party. He and a colleague reached the friend’s car, but they were able to travel a short distance before having to stop.

Ziv was a member of the security personnel during the festival. He was at first communicating with his sisters while the incident was unfolding, according to an interview by The Times of Israel.

The Hostages Families Forum Headquarters, an organization representing the families of hostages said that the rescue of four captives as “a amazing victory,” and expressed gratitude to for the IDF to the IDF for their “heroic action”.

The group said: “The Israeli government must keep its word on the promise to return all hostages who are still being in the hands of Hamas -those who are living for rehabilitation and the dead to be buried.”

In reaction to the military assault within Nuseirat, Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh said Israel could not dictate its decisions to Hamas.

He stated that the group could not reach a ceasefire agreement without achieving peace for Palestinians.