Who are the four Israeli hostages rescued this Saturday?

Good news. He Israeli army reported this Saturday, June 8, that it freed four Israeli hostages in an operation “difficult”in the Gaza Strip and announced that those rescued are in“good conditions” of health.

were kidnapped on October 7 by commandos from the Palestinian Islamic movement Hamas during the Nova electronic music festival in southern Israel.

The hostages were “rescued” at two different points in Nuseirat, in the center of the Gaza Strip, the army announced after the operation, a maneuver in which one agent died.

Currently, out of a total of 251 people kidnapped on October 7 by Hamas, including 41 who were reportedly killed, according to the Israeli army.

Below are the profiles of the four hostages released this Saturday:

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Noa Argamani

Argamani, a student at Ben Gurion University, was kidnapped during the Nova festival. A video of the young woman shouting “Do not kill me!”, while being placed on a motorcycle by Hamas fighters, he traveled around the world.

During her captivity, images were published on social media showing the young woman drinking water from a bottle.

Before being released, Argamani’s mother, who is Chinese-Israeli and suffers from terminal cancer, published several messages to express her despair at the possibility of dying without seeing her daughter again.

Andrey Kozlov

Kozlov, a Russian-Israeli citizen, was kidnapped while working as a security guard at the Nova festival. After the Hamas attack began, he contacted his father and friends and told them there was nowhere to hide.

His family was informed weeks later that Kozlov was among the hostages captured by Hamas.

Kozlov was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and recently emigrated to Israel. He lived in Rishon Lezion, south of Tel Aviv.

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Shlomi Ziv

Zivwho served 41 years in captivity, was also part of the Nova festival security team, according to the Israeli press.

Ziv managed to speak to one of his sisters on the day of the attack, at 7:30 in the morning, and told her that he was fine, that he was trying to escape in a vehicle, but that there was a traffic jam at the exit. party area.

Shortly afterwards, in his last call before being kidnapped, he spoke to another sister, who reported that the man was almost out of breath and told him: “I’ll call you soon”.

Ziv lives with his wife in the town of Elkosh, on the border with Lebanon, and usually worked as a wholesale distributor and worked at the festival along with two friends, who died in the attack. He had recently qualified as an interior designer.

Almog Meir Jan

Meir Jan He is originally from Or Yehuda, a city east of Tel Aviv, and was enjoying the party when Hamas commandos invaded southern Israel.

Just before 8am he called his mother, Orit Meir, and said: “”.

Shortly after the attack, Hamas released a video in which Orit Meir recognized his son.

“He was lying on the floor. “I was terrified” described the woman, who in November told the press that her life had become a “nightmare”.

Source: Elcomercio

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