Gantz reported to skip war cabinet meeting as expected resignation looms

IDF Chief Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi tells soldiers during a visit to Deir al Balah in the central Gaza Strip that their mission is to bring the hostages home — both those who are alive and the bodies of those who are already dead. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

“Bringing the hostages home is a moral obligation that we must strive for,” he says. “Yesterday we implemented one very, very important part. We have many more,” he adds, praising the actions of the IDF, the Shin Bet and the Yamam police force who took part in the rescue of Noa Argamani, Andrey Kozlov, Shlomi Ziv and Almog Meir Jan.

Halevi says that when they sat down in the war room at the start of the mission, they did not know if the misson would succeed.

“We know that we are taking huge risks and fateful decisions, and these risks are the risk of human life,” he says. “It’s not a gamble, it’s a calculated risk… and I know that we

Andrey Kozlov (C), freed from Gaza in an Israeli military operation a day earlier, meets with his parents at Sheba Medical Center, June 9, 2024. (Hostage and Missing Families Forum)
Andrey Kozlov (C), freed from Gaza in an Israeli military operation a day earlier, meets with his parents at Sheba Medical Center, June 9, 2024. (Hostage and Missing Families Forum)
Video footage shows the emotional first reunion between rescued hostage Andrey Kozlov and his parents, who flew to Israel today from St. Petersburg, Russia, after he was brought back to Israel following eight months in captivity.

In the video, Kozlov falls to his feet in tears after seeing his mother at the Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan. The two embrace in the hospital as his girlfriend looks on. Kozlov had been living in Israel for a short while before he was kidnapped from the Supernova music festival on October 7, where he was working as a security guard. xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc xvc

Rescued hostages Andrey Kozlov (center, with hand over mouth) and Almog Meir (in black sleeveless shirt) seen on their return to Israel, June 8, 2024. (Channel 13 screenshot; used in accordance with clause 27a of the Copyright law)
Rescued hostages Andrey Kozlov (center, with hand over mouth) and Almog Meir (in black sleeveless shirt) seen on their return to Israel, June 8, 2024. (Channel 13 screenshot; used in accordance with clause 27a of the Copyright law)
The Israeli military says it has confirmed that Abdallah Aljamal, a Hamas terrorist, was holding hostages Almog Meir Jan, Andrey Kozlov and Shlomi Ziv in central Gaza’s Nuseirat.

According to the IDF, the three hostages were held by Aljamal alongside his family. They were rescued yesterday by special forces.

“This is further proof that the Hamas terrorist organization uses the civilian population as a human shield,” the military says.

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