Police have released dramatic footage of the rescue operation for hostages Almog Meir Jan, Andrey Kozlov, and Shlomi Ziv, conducted by the elite Yamam unit and Shin Bet agents in central Gaza’s Nuseirat on Saturday.

The video captures Yamam officers storming the residence of “Journalist” Abdallah Aljamal who worked for the Palestine Chronicle. (He had written his last article on Thursday.). Abdallah had been holding the three Israeli men hostage.

In the footage, the hostages identify themselves to the officers before being extracted while under fire.

During the intense fighting at Aljamal’s home, Yamam officer Chief Inspector Arnon Zmora HY”D was tragically killed.

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