The Israeli police and the Israeli Safety Company have launched video recorded on a helmet digital camera of the second the three male hostages had been rescued in Gaza on Saturday.
They described the video as being of the operation carried out by Yamam (Police Nationwide Counterterrorism Unit) and Shin Wager operatives “rescuing the hostages below heavy fireplace and eliminating Gaza terrorists.”
In an announcement accompanying the video, which lasts some 45 seconds, they stated that “Yamam and Shin Wager operatives labored concurrently at two areas to rescue the 4 hostages, partaking in fierce fight with the terrorists.”
A part of the video is blurred. It reveals Israeli safety forces approaching a property by a backyard after which getting into amid heavy gunfire. CNN has geolocated the backyard as on the identical property the place a Mercedes van presupposed to have been concerned within the operation was situated.
The video is edited and a few audio is muted. It’s unclear whether or not it was all shot at one location. It reveals the three male hostages rescued cowering in a room.
Within the video, a voice says in Hebrew, “Right here, they’re right here.”
“Identify, identify…,” says somebody.
Two of the hostages determine themselves as Almog Meir Jan and Andrey Kozlov.
Based mostly on the garments they had been carrying when rescued, the three hostages then seem to run by the backyard of the property as gunfire continues.
Some background: On Saturday, the Israeli army rescued 4 hostages, three males and a lady, in a particular operation within the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza – Noa Argamani, Almog Meir Jan, Andrey Kozlov, and Shlomi Ziv. All 4 had been kidnapped from the Nova music pageant on October 7.