4 hostages kidnapped at music festival in Israel on Oct. 7 rescued, military says

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Israeli forces rescued four hostages during a raid in Gaza on Saturday, according to the country's military. Noa Argamani, 25, Almog Meir Jan, 21, Andrey Kozlov, 27, and Shlomi Ziv, 40, have been taken to a hospital for medical checks.

The 3 men and 1 woman are in good condition and have been taken to a hospital for medical checks, Israel says

Mary Vallis · CBC News

· Posted: Jun 08, 2024 7:25 AM EDT | Last Updated: 3 minutes ago

A poster of a missing woman on a pole.

A poster of Noa Argamani, who was kidnapped during the deadly Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas, is seen in the Florentin neighborhood of Tel Aviv, Israel, in this file photo taken May 11, 2024. Argamani is one of four hostages that the Israeli military said it rescued on Saturday. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)

Israeli forces rescued four hostages during a raid in Gaza on Saturday, according to the country's military.

The four hostages, three men and one woman, are in good condition and have been taken to a hospital for medical checks, Israel said on X, formerly known as Twitter.

"This morning, in a joint special operation held by the @IDF, ISA and the Israeli police, four Israeli hostages were rescued from Gaza," the post said.

"The four were kidnapped by the Hamas terrorist organization from the 'Nova' music festival on Oct. 7. The hostages were rescued from two separate locations in the heart of Nuseirat."

Nuseirat is in central Gaza.

The hostages include Noa Argamani, 25, Almog Meir Jan, 21, Andrey Kozlov, 27, and Shlomi Ziv, 40.

Israeli News 12 broadcast footage of Argamani reunited her father, smiling and embracing him. Video of Argamani's  kidnapping had circulated soon after she was dragged into Gaza  by gunmen on Oct. 7.

One woman reaches over and hugs another in a closeup.

Avivit Yablonka, sister of Chanan Yablonka, 42, and Orit Meir, mother of Almog Meir Jan, one of four Israeli hostages rescued from Gaza in a military operation on Saturday, are shown at the Israeli Embassy in London on March 7. (Toby Melville/The Associated Press)

More to come.

With files from Reuters

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