Some feared Israel had begun a long-expected ground offensive in the city.
JERUSALEM – Israel freed two Israeli-Argentinian hostages in Rafah on Feb 12 under the cover of air strikes.
The two men were kidnapped by Hamas from Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak on Oct 7, the military said. They were among some 250 people that Israel says were abducted during the militant raid that triggered Israel’s war in Gaza. The Argentinian government thanked Israel for the rescue of the two men, who it said are dual nationals of Argentina.
Palestinians in Rafah said two mosques and several houses were hit in more than an hour of strikes by Israeli warplanes, tanks and ships, causing widespread panic among people who had been asleep. A relative of one of the hostages said he had seen both freed men in hospital and found them “a bit frail, a bit thin, a bit pale” but overall in good condition.
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