On October 7, Israeli troops rescued a citizen kidnapped by Hamas

After 326 days of captivity, Gad Farhan Arkadi Tuesday has become Eighth hostage rescued In the Gaza Strip. Farhan, Israeli Arabs aged 52 and over People kidnapped during a Hamas offensive in the south of the country have been found and rescued in a tunnel in the southern Palestinian enclave in a joint operation by the army and internal security services.Sabak)Israel. “His health condition is stable”authorities said.

Farhan was transferred by helicopter to Soroka Hospital in Beersheba. Reunion with excited family. “I can’t put into words how it feels to see him again after such a long time. We are so grateful that he was rescued,” commented his brother Jatem.

“We are doing everything possible to rescue all the hostages. The military and Sabak “They showed courage, determination and initiative in complex operations on the battlefield,” said Army Chief of Staff Hertz Halevi.

Bedouin Farhan, father of 11 children, He works in a factory in Kibbutz Magen In southern Israel, he was abducted on the morning of October 7 along with 250 other Israelis and foreigners in a Hamas terror attack that triggered a massive military offensive in the Gaza Strip.

Family protests

On Tuesday, about 20 relatives 104 hostages still held by Hamas exist Gaza Strip They blocked Tel Aviv’s Ayalon highway with posters and flares, demanding that the Israeli government sign a liberation agreement.

The main banner held by protesters read: “There are no abandoned agreements. There are only abandoned ones,” a reference to what many Israelis consider the accord. Lack of will Prime Minister’s Benjamin Netanyahu.

last week, Israel recover Six hostages dead From Hamasin a tunnel in the Khan Yunis area in the south of the enclave. The captives whose bodies were rescued included Yagev Buchshtab, Alexander Dancyg, Avraham Munder, Yoram Metzger, Nadav Popplewell and Chaim Perri.