(8 Jun 2024)
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Tel Aviv – 8 June 2024
1. Various of people at the so-called "Hostages Square" in Tel Aviv, photos of some of the rescued hostages on the wall
2. Various of people in square
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Nelly Bresler, volunteer working at the Hostages Square: (talking about the relief of the mother of freed hostage Noa Argamani)
"… to hug her daughter. And we’re beyond belief and beyond joy and delight that they are together now, thanks to the IDF soldiers who freed them."
4. Various of family at ‘Hostages Square’
5. Women (no name given) hugging the family and speaking (Hebrew):
"We’re here at the ‘Hostages Square’ completely by chance, and the atmosphere here is still gloomy, but this is a day with good news! Good news! We’re so happy and excited. How’s the news? -Excellent, but we must not forget, and it mustn’t take too much time.. I don’t have enough hands!"
6. Picture of two of the rescued hostages
7. Various of men showing pictures of some of the rescued hostages
8. Various of Israeli flag and man saluting and holding a picture of one of the released hostages
9. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Oz Lachgi, musician:
"Good news, it’s great. I would like even more abductees to be brought back alive because four is still not enough and we need all of them alive"
10. Mid of Lachgi playing music
11. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Amnon Afflalo, resident:
"I think my excitement – first of all I cried with the news that the four abductees were released. I couldn’t hide the tears of excitement."
12. Pictures with one of the released hostages
STORYLINE:
Israelis celebrated the rescue of four hostages from captivity in Gaza on Saturday.
Earlier in the day, Israel carried out its largest hostage rescue operation since the war with Hamas began, taking four to safety out of central Gaza as heavy fighting continued there.
At least 94 dead Palestinians, including children, were brought to local hospitals, a health official said.
Israelis were jubilant as the army said it rescued Noa Argamani, 25; Almog Meir Jan, 21; Andrey Kozlov, 27; and Shlomi Ziv, 40, in a daytime operation in the heart of Nuseirat, raiding two locations at once and under fire. All were well, the military said. They were taken by helicopter for medical checks and reunions with loved ones after 246 days held.
Argamani had been one of the most widely recognized hostages after being taken, like the three others, from a music festival. The video of her abduction was among the first to surface, with her between two men on a motorcycle as she screamed, “Don’t kill me!”
AP video by Moshe Edri
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