Israel said Tuesday it has rescued another of the 250 hostages Hamas militants captured in their shock attack on Israel last October.
The Israel Defense Forces said they found 52-year-old Qaid Farhan Alkadi during “a complex operation in the southern Gaza Strip” as fighting rages on in the 10 ½-month war. The military said he had been rescued from a tunnel but gave no further details.
“He is in a stable medical condition and is being transferred for medical checks at a hospital,” Israel said.
Alkadi was identified as part of Israel’s Arab Bedouin minority who was working as a guard at a packing factory in Kibbutz Magen, one of several farming communities attacked on October 7.
He has two wives and is the father of 11 children.
A White House National Security Council spokesman said it welcomed Alkadi’s release and “remains determined to see all hostages held by Hamas, including American citizens, freed and reunited with their families.”
“We will continue to work tirelessly to finalize the cease-fire and hostage release deal through ongoing talks in Cairo and Doha,” the spokesman said in a statement
