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Israel kills 274 Palestinians in operation to rescue four hostages in Gaza

Those killed in the Israeli rescue operation at the refugee camp in Nuseirat (center of Gaza), which allowed the release of four hostages, rose this Sunday to 274, raising the total number of fatalities in Link to 37,084 since the start of the war, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health, controlled by the Hamas.

On the last day, 698 people were injured by Israeli fire in this operation, and the total number of injuries since October 7th It rose to 84,494 across the territory, the majority of them women and children, according to the ministry.

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Taking these numbers into account, in the last 24 hours, 283 Gazans died and another 814 were injured across the country. Link.

The rescue became the most important that the Armed Forces carried out since October 7, and also the first in months – since the military removed the Argentine-Israelis from the Strip. Luís Norberto Har It is Fernando Marman in February – but also on one of the most violent days in the devastated Palestinian enclave.

Furthermore, it occurred at a key moment for external and internal tensions in the Israelwith an escalation of violence increasingly visible on the border with Lebanon and pressure on the Government to reach – or not – an agreement for the release of the remaining hostages with Hamas devastating the government of Benjamin Netanyahu.

In fact, the War Cabinet Minister was expected to Benny Gantz left Netanyahu’s emergency executive on Saturday night, but the release of the hostages led him to postpone his appearance until Sunday afternoon.

The four rescued are Almog Meir Jan21 years old; Andrey Kozlov27; Shlomi Ziv, 40; It is Noa Argamaniof the 25 who were kidnapped by Hamas at the music festival’Will not‘on October 7th.

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Of the 251 kidnapped on October 7, 120 captives remain in the enclave, at least 40 of them dead according to Israel -more than 70 according to Hamas-; although there have been four other hostages for years, two of them dead.

Since the start of the war, Israel and Hamas only reached a week-long truce agreement at the end of November, which allowed the release of 105 hostages in exchange for 240 Palestinian prisoners.

Additionally, four hostages were released by Hamas in October; seven rescued by the Army – two of them in February, in a successful operation in Rafa-; while the bodies of 20 hostages were recovered, three of whom were mistakenly killed by Israeli troops.

Source: Elcomercio

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