Israeli commandos rescued two men in an operation that reportedly killed dozens of Palestinians.

Details have begun to emerge of an overnight Israeli military operation which freed two Israeli-Argentine hostages held captive by Hamas in the city of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip.

They have been named as Louis Har, 70, and Fernando Marman, 60, who were kidnapped from the kibbutz of Nir Yitzhak on 7 October.

Hundreds of Hamas gunmen infiltrated southern Israel that day, killing 1,200 people and taking another 250 back to Gaza as hostages. More than 28,100 people have been killed in Gaza since Israel launched a military campaign in response, according to the territory’s health ministry.

Both of the freed hostages have been taken to the Sheba Medical Center in central Israel, where they were said to be in a good condition

    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.worldEnglish
      52·
      9 months ago

      The bombing campaign is not supposed to free hostages but to kill hamas as many Palestinians as possible, whether Hamas or civilians.

      There, fixed it for you.

      • 100_percent_a_bot@lemmy.worldEnglish
        14·
        9 months ago

        Then they are doing a very shitty job at it. Just so you have a benchmark, the bombing of Dresden killed about as many people in a single day as Israel killed in over 4 months.

        • rambaroo@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          9 months ago

          They’ve murdered 30,000 fucking people already. That’s more civilians than Russia killed in two years. Israel couldn’t get away with a firebombing like Dresden. I hate these stupid excuses. Israel is too reliant on foreign aid to be that blatant.

          • 100_percent_a_bot@lemmy.worldEnglish
            21·
            9 months ago

            There’s nothing to excuse, people die in wars. With an area this densely populated high civilian casualties are to be expected. Especially if you have combatants who are willing to hide behind the civilian population.

            Also don’t even think about comparing this to Russia Ukraine. Not only did Russia kill more ukrainians, the way more important factor is the justification for the wars. Ukraine was attacked without any credible justification. You can bothsides Isreal - Gaza if you want but the mission objective of taking out hamas is infinitely more justified.