Another Hostage Freed by Israel

After the failure of the ceasefire negotiations at the weekend, with Hamas refusing to accept the current proposal, several reports indicate that the mediators are now seeking agreement for a humanitarian pause because of concerns over a potential epidemic among the Gazan people.

Hamas refuses to accept the continued presence of Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip and wants an immediate guarantee of a long-term ceasefire. In contrast, Israel sees it as essential to maintain control of the Philadelphi Corridor, as well as the Netzarim Corridor that they have established to separate the north and the south of the Gaza Strip.

Meanwhile the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) have continued their fight against Hamas, and working with the Shin Bet they rescued Israeli-Bedouin Qaid Farhan Al-Qadi from southern Gaza early in the afternoon on Tuesday.

The operation was led by IDF Division 162 with other units in support including the Yahalom anti-tunnel special forces and the Shayetet 13 naval commandos.

Al-Qadi is age 52 years old, has 11 children and comes from Rahat, near Beer Sheva in southern Israel. He is said to be healthy and is undergoing more checks at Soroka Medical Centre.

Al-Qadi was found inside a tunnel, but the IDF says it cannot immediately publish further details for a variety of security reasons.

He was working as a guard at a factory in Kibbutz Magen on 7th October and was abducted by Hamas from an area close to the nearby community of Mivtahim.

Praise God for another hostage rescued alive!

Here is Chuck Holton’s report on the rescue for CBN News: