The IDF and the Shin Bet on Tuesday rescued an Israeli-Bedoin hostage held by Hamas since October 7 from Rafah.
The operation was led by Division 162, Brigade 401, Yahalom anti-tunnel special forces, along with the Shayetet 13 naval commandos.
The hostage’s name is Kaid Farhan al-kaadi, age 52 from Rahat.
Al-Kaadi is healthy and is undergoing further health checks at an unidentified hospital.
It is the fourth successful operation to rescue live Israeli hostages from Hamas, though there have been several successful operations finding and returning some dozens of bodies of hostages killed by Hamas.
Kaid Farhan Al-Qadi, a 52-year-old Bedouin father of eleven from south of Rahat, was kidnapped on October 7th from his security job at Kibbutz Magen’s packing factory. He endured 326 days in captivity.
