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Qaid Farhan Alkadi, a Bedouin Israeli hostage who was kidnapped in the deadly Oct. 7 Hamas attack, uses his phone as he is reunited with loved ones after being rescued from Gaza by Israeli forces, at Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba, Israel, on August 27, 2024. Courtesy of the Government Press Office/Yossi Ifergan/Handout via Reuters
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said that a hostage who had been held in captivity for 326 days was rescued “in a complex operation in the southern Gaza Strip.”
The IDF said Qaid Farhan Alkadi, 52, is in stable condition and was taken to a hospital for medical checks.