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2024 Nuseirat rescue operation
Date 8 June 2024 Location Nuseirat refugee camp Result Release of 4 Israeli hostages One Yamam soldier killed At least 210 Palestinian killed and 400 injured

The Nuseirat rescue operation (codenamed Arnon Operation or Operation Seeds of Summer) was carried out by Yamam (Israel's national counter-terror and hostage rescue unit), the Shin Bet and Israel Defense Forces in the Nuseirat refugee camp on 8 June 2024. During the operation, four Israelis who were kidnapped in the Hamas surprise attack on Israel were rescued. The freed hostages were Noa Argamani, Shlomi Ziv, Almog Meir Jan and Andrey Kozlov.

The four were kidnapped during the massacre at the Nova festival. The operation targeted a school and market place simultaneously, and the hostages were uninjured. A Yamam soldier, Arnon Zemora, was seriously injured during the operation and later died.

This operation lead to the deaths of around 210 Palestinians in the Nuseirat refugee camp, including women and children, according to Hamas-led authorities. An additional 400 Palestinians were injured.

Background

On 7 October 2023, Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel. As part of the attack, in which the Palestinian Islamic Jihad organization was also involved, thousands of rockets were launched towards the State of Israel and about 3,000 militants from the Gaza Strip infiltrated dozens of Israeli kibutzim and military installations and massacred civilians in nearby kibutzim and the Re'im music festival. As part of the attack, Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad kidnapped hundreds of Israelis, civilians and soldiers. This attack led to the Israel–Hamas war.

The Nuseirat refugee camp is a long standing UNRWA refugee camp located in the middle of the Gaza Strip, in Deir al-Balah. The camp has been repeatedly bombed during the Israel-Hamas war, with over a hundred Palestinians being killed in the attacks, the most recent attack on the camp occurred only days before the rescue operation with IDF forces striking the UNRWA school in the camp killing at least 33 people.

Hostages

Among the kidnapped was 25-year-old Israeli woman Noa Argamani, who was abducted during the Re'im music festival massacre. In one of the initial videos released by Hamas documenting the massacre, Argamani is seen being taken away on a motorcycle while yelling, "Don't kill me!" Her arms are outstretched towards her boyfriend, Avinatan Or, who was also being kidnapped. This footage became emblematic of the hostage crisis, leading to Argamani being described as "the face of the Nova music festival hostages."

Rescue

The IDF said that they worked with Shin Bet and Israeli police to free the four Israeli hostages. The operation was planned for several weeks, and was carried out after an intelligence opportunity arose. During the operation, the Southern Command and the Air Force said they exchanged fire with Hamas militants.

The abductees were rescued in the morning from two different locations in the operation in the center of Nusseirat. The abductees were not injured, and were transferred to Sheba Medical Center. During captivity they were held in a civilian environment, with the IDF claiming this was an intentional method by their captors.

Casualties

Palestinian health officials reported the deaths of at least 210 people in the operation, of which the majority were women and children. Witnesses reported that entire residential blocks were wiped out. Dr. Tanya Haj-Hassan, a paediatric intensive care doctor with Doctors Without Borders, stated that Al-Aqsa hospital, where many of the affected victims were transported, was a "complete bloodbath." Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas described the operation as a "massacre."

The operation also resulted in the death of an Israeli officer in the elite Yamam counter-terrorism unit.

Aftermath

Noa Argamani was reunited with her father and transported to Sheba hospital to be reunited with her mother, where she was being treated for cancer. Upon receiving the news celebrations begun spontaneously across Israel. Israeli life guards told beach goers of the rescue and people responded with cheers and singing.

See also

• Rescue of Ori Megidish
• Operation Golden Hand
• Operation Entebbe

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