Palestinians inspect the destruction following an operation by the Israeli armed forces in the Nousseirat refugee camp (central Gaza), which freed four Israeli hostages on June 8. During this operation, 274 Palestinians were killed, according to the enclave's Health Ministry. (Credit: Eyad Baba/AFP)
He is one of eight hostages the Israeli army has managed to rescue since the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023, and the ensuing war in Gaza that has been ongoing for 11 months. Although the army provided few details about the circumstances of his release, 52-year-old Farhan al-Qadi, a member of Israel’s Bedouin minority, was found in a tunnel in southern Gaza as Israeli forces carried out operations in an underground network where hostages were believed to be held. Read also Israel still unyielding in talks, after Hezbollah’s retaliatory strike Who is Farhan al-Qadi and what should we know about his release?Farhan al-Qadi was captured by Hamas on Oct. 7 while working as a security guard at the Magen kibbutz, located in the northwestern Negev desert, near the Gaza border. On that day, the father of 11 was reportedly shot before being...
He is one of eight hostages the Israeli army has managed to rescue since the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023, and the ensuing war in Gaza that has been ongoing for 11 months. Although the army provided few details about the circumstances of his release, 52-year-old Farhan al-Qadi, a member of Israel’s Bedouin minority, was found in a tunnel in southern Gaza as Israeli forces carried out operations in an underground network where hostages were believed to be held. Read also Israel still unyielding in talks, after Hezbollah’s retaliatory strike Who is Farhan al-Qadi and what should we know about his release?Farhan al-Qadi was captured by Hamas on Oct. 7 while working as a security guard at the Magen kibbutz, located in the northwestern Negev desert, near the Gaza border. On that day, the father of 11 was reportedly shot before...
