IDF Rescues Israeli Hostage From Gaza Hamas Tunnel!
Israeli Bedouin, dad to 11, was brought back, in good shape, in “brave and complex,” Op, according to the Army. Hamas bleats: "...oops - we nabbed him 'by accident'; terrorists stock up on Depends.
Alkadi, meeting with the Commanding Officer of the 162nd Division, BG Itzik Cohen and the Commanding Officer of Shayetet 13, Capt. A. moments after the rescue (clip: IDF)
Arrival of IDF helo carrying Alkadi to Soroka Medical Center, Beersheva (clip: Soroka).
Family members run through the hospital to greet Alkadi (clip: Soroka).
First moments after Alkadi meets with family members (Photo: Soroka)
Joint IDF and ISA Announcement:
Cleared for Publication: Today (Tuesday), the IDF and ISA rescued the hostage Qaid Farhan Alkadi, aged 52, from Rahat [Negev Beduin - DB], who was abducted by the Hamas terror organization into the Gaza Strip on October 7th.
Qaid Farhan Alkadi was rescued by Shayetet 13, the 401st Brigade, Yahalom, and ISA forces under the command of the 162nd Division in a complex operation in the southern Gaza Strip.
No further details can be published due to considerations of the safety of our hostages, the security of our forces, and national security.
He is in a stable medical condition and is being transferred for medical checks at a hospital. His family has been updated with the details, and the IDF is accompanying them.
Israeli security forces will continue to operate with all means to bring home the hostages. [video: lifeguard at Haifa Beach announcing the good news; family members running to the IDF helo bringing Alkadi to Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba; first shot on his hospital bed "I'm 100% fine," according to family members]
Update:
Israeli Army radio defense correspondent, Doron Kadosh, with more details about Farhan Alkadi's rescue operation:
“Farhan was alone inside the tunnel, where he was located by IDF forces and met them. He was located without other abductees with him, and also without the terrorists who held him.
“The forces did not fight in the rescue operation - there was no resistance from terrorists. Possible assessment: the terrorists who held him escaped - or he escaped from them.
“For the past week and a half, the IDF has been conducting a divisional operation with two brigades that are focusing the operational effort in the area in the south of the Gaza Strip from which the rescue was carried out. This is a space in which the forces have been operating for a long period of time.”
(Photo credit: Soroka Medical Center, IDF. GPO)
President Isaac Herzog:
“I am overjoyed by the successful rescue of the hostage Qaid Farhan al-Qadi. Qaid, a Muslim resident of the Bedouin Israeli community in the Negev, who was kidnapped on October 7th from where he worked in Kibbutz Magen when Hamas terrorists came to indiscriminately abduct, murder, and rape — without distinction between race or religion.
“I congratulate the IDF, the Shin Bet, and all the security services, and send my blessings to his family on his return - which is a moment of joy for the State of Israel and Israeli society as a whole.
“I wish for the immediate and swift return of all our 108 hostages, who are being held cruelly in captivity in Gaza.”
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, today (Tuesday, 27 August 2024), spoke with Farhan al-Qadi, who was rescued from being held hostage by Hamas in Gaza.
The Prime Minister congratulated al-Qadi and told him that the entire people of Israel was moved by his being freed.
Prime Minister Netanyahu made it clear that he would continue to do everything to return all of our hostages home.
Prime Minister Netanyahu also issued the following statement [translated from Hebrew]:
"Welcome home Farhan Qadi.
I commend the IDF and the ISA for another successful rescue operation. We are working relentlessly to return all of our hostages.
We are doing this in two main ways: Negotiations and rescue operations. The two of these together require our military presence on the ground, and constant military pressure.
We will continue to act until we return all of them home."
First few thoughts:
1: Reciting an ancient Jewish prayer that would fit here: "Blessed are You, Master of the Universe, Who frees the imprisoned."
2: Israel so sucks at “Apartheid.”
3: Anyone from Hamas and any "uninvolved civilians" connected to his abduction and imprisonment in Gaza should stock up on Depends, and sleep with one eye open (see No. 4) - and for generations: Beduins never forget, or forgive.
4: Hamas, in an official statement "just released" - after 11 months, is now bleating that he was "accidentally taken." (Not that I approve of or cheer on clan or “Honor” violence - but the Beduins do; so start sweating, mofos - a native Arabic-speaking Israeli Muslim who knows who and where you are is now debriefing IDF intel - and his extended family clan...)
5: ...and the Op isn't over, according to IDF Spokesman, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari…
“A recent photo shows two of Qaid Farhan Alkadi's eleven children holding his hostage poster at Ben Gurion Airport. Alkadi, an Israeli Bedouin, was kidnapped by Hamas on October 7th and recently rescued by the IDF. His sons were on their way to Los Angeles to raise awareness and advocate for the immediate release of their father and all other hostages.” (Photo: Alkadi family, via Jewish Breaking News)
Thanks be to God. I pray this is just the start of a release for all of them and Ham Ass being obliterated.