Israel Rescues Two Hostages in Rafah; Leftwing Propaganda Media Emphasizes the Number of Palestinians Killed in the Operation

I. Don't. Care.

Should they have left the hostages in the hands of terrorists, forever, AP?

RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Israeli forces rescued two hostages early Monday, storming a heavily guarded apartment in a densely packed town in the Gaza Strip as airstrikes carried out to cover the raid killed more than 60 Palestinians, including women and children.

The rescue in Rafah briefly lifted the spirits of Israelis shaken by the plight of the dozens of hostages held by Hamas. The nation is still reeling from the militant group's cross-border raid last year that started the war.

The overnight bombardment brought devastation in Rafah, which is packed with some 1.4 million people, most of whom fled their homes elsewhere in Gaza to escape fighting. Associated Press footage showed a large area of flattened houses, tattered tents and lines of bloodied bodies brought into nearby hospitals.

Israel's offensive has killed more than 28,000 Palestinians in the territory, displaced over 80% of the population and set off a massive humanitarian crisis.

LOL. Cite? Oh right, you don't want to identify the source, because it's Hamas.

Joe Federman, AP News Director for Israel, the Palestinian territories and Jordan, reports the hostage rescue took place in Rafah.

More than 12,300 Palestinian children and young teens have been killed in the conflict, Gaza's Health Ministry said Monday. About 8,400 women were also among those killed. That means children and young teens make up about 43% of the dead, and women and minors together make up three quarters.

Oh, Gaza's Health Ministry says? The one that claimed that 900 people were killed by an "Israeli rocket" that "hit a hospital"?

And who controls Gaza's Health Ministry, AP? Would that be... Hamas?

Why is a "news" organization so determined to hide actual information from us?

The ministry, which does not distinguish between combatants and civilians, provided the breakdown at the request of the AP. Israel claims to have killed about 10,000 Hamas fighters but has not provided evidence.

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Israel has described Rafah as the last remaining Hamas stronghold in the territory and signaled that its ground offensive may soon target the town on the southern edge of the Gaza Strip.

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Israeli military spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said special forces broke into a second-floor apartment in Rafah under fire at 1:49 a.m. Monday, accompanied a minute later by airstrikes on surrounding areas. He said Hamas militants were guarding the captives and that members of the rescue team shielded the hostages with their bodies as the battle erupted.

The army identified those rescued as Fernando Simon Marman, 60, and Louis Har, 70, who were abducted from Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak on Oct. 7. They also hold Argentinian citizenship. They are among just three hostages to be rescued; a female soldier was rescued in November.

This is great: AP says they corrected the erroneous fake numbers they published earlier, to reflect the correct fake numbers that Hamas is pushing:

This story has been updated to correct that the number of minors killed is about 43% of the overall death toll in Gaza, not 47%.

Israel also captured a senior Hamas terror commander.

Israeli forces from the Shin Bet, Border Police, and the IDF on Tuesday arrested Omar Faid, a senior Hamas official in charge of the terrorist organization's military infrastructure in Jenin, according to Israeli media.

The raid killed 23,000 civilians, including 94,000 women and 117,000 children.

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