Israeli police announced on Saturday the death of one of their agents during the military operation which freed four hostages in the center of the Gaza Strip.
Israeli police announced on Saturday the death of one of their agents during the military operation which freed four hostages in the center of the Gaza Strip. “The Israeli police and border police announce with great sadness and sorrow the death of agent Arnon Zmora (…) who was fatally injured in the operation to return the hostages this morning to Gaza,” the police wrote in a press release. A little earlier, the spokesperson for the Israeli army had mentioned one serious injury during this operation.
Four hostages freed during “special operation”
The Israeli army announced on Saturday that it had freed four hostages during a “special operation” in the center of the Gaza Strip, an area targeted by intense bombardments for several days.
In the ninth month of the war between Israel and Hamas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is under strong pressure abroad for his conduct of the war in Gaza, but also internally with that of the families of the hostages kidnapped during the war. The unprecedented attack carried out on Israeli soil by Hamas on October 7, which sparked hostilities. He said the release of the hostages was proof that Israel was not giving in “in the face of terrorism.”