JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Footage from moments after the two hostages were released from captivity shows them as they are taken in an APC to an IDF helicopter which whisked them to Tel Hashomer hospital. Asked how they feel, the hostages said that they were “stunned” by their improbable rescue. (They were winched down by snappling ropes from a second floor apartment after the police special forces broke in in the middle of Sunday night). They both described themselves as “warm”, heartwarmed by the amazing rescue after 129 days in captivity.
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The IDF also published footage from a drone above the scene of the rescue operation, which shows the forces escaping the scene via a helicopter.
“The hostages are in our hands, safe and sound”
🔴WATCH the moment hostages Fernando Simon Marman and Luis Har were rescued during the operation in Rafah yesterday: pic.twitter.com/1OXsHf9F9W
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) February 12, 2024
The pilot asks the forces about the operation and they answer that “the hostages are in our hands but there is firing on us.”