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All glory and thanks to the God of Israel. May the Lord be with the IDF and grant them the operational knowledge and wisdom needed to rescue many more. Please continue to pray for their safe return …

Isaiah 49:25, “… Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible be delivered; For I will contend with him who contends with you, and I will save your children.”

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The Times of Israel – “Four Israeli hostages were rescued alive from Hamas captivity Saturday in a daring daylight operation in the central Gaza Strip, the military announced.

Noa Argamani, 26, Almog Meir Jan, 21, Andrey Kozlov, 27, and Shlomi Ziv, 40, had been abducted from the Supernova music festival near the community of Re’im on the morning of October 7, when some 3,000 Hamas-led terrorists killed 1,200 people and took 251 hostages in a murderous rampage in southern Israel.

Officers of police’s elite Yamam counter-terrorism unit, along with Shin Bet agents, simultaneously raided two Hamas buildings in the heart of central Gaza’s Nuseirat, a joint statement said. Argamani was rescued at one site, while Meir Jan, Kozlov, and Ziv were at the second location.

Hundreds more soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces participated in the operation, according to the military.

Israel Defense Forces Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said the hostages were rescued by special forces while ‘under fire.’ A Yamam officer was critically wounded in the operation and brought to an Israeli hospital, but died shortly after.” Read more.

Hamas Leader Ismail Haniyeh Fumes After Israel Frees Hostages, ‘We Will Not Surrender’ – “Shortly after Israeli forces freed hostages Noa Argamani, Andrey Kozlov, Shlomi Ziv, and Almog Meir on Saturday, Hamas published a statement from the terror organization’s leader, Ismail Haniyeh, in which the arch-terrorist asserted that Hamas would not surrender. ‘Our people will not surrender, and the resistance will continue to defend our rights in the face of this criminal enemy,’ Haniyeh reportedly said. ‘And if the occupation believes that it can impose its choices on us by force, it is delusional, and the movement will not agree to any agreement that does not achieve security for our people first and foremost.'” Read more.