Photo by
Gideon Markowicz/TPS-IL on 8 June, 2024
Photo Essay: Four Israeli Hostages Rescued, As it Happened
Jerusalem, 8 June, 2024 (TPS) -- Israeli military forces rescued hostages Noa Argaman, Almog Meir Jan, Andrey Kozlov and Shlomi Ziv under heavy fire in the Nuseirat area of central Gaza on Saturday during a daylight raid.
The Press Service of Israel’s photographers documented the day’s drama as it happened.
Israeli tanks in the central Gaza area of Nuseirat rescuing four Israeli hostages on June 8, 2024. Photo by TPS-IL
The Nuseriat area of central Gaza as Israeli forces rescued four hostages on June 8, 2024. Photo by TPS-IL
In Nahariya, after being notified of hostage Shlomi Ziv’s rescue, family members leave with an army representative to take them to the Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan for a reunion on June 8, 2024. Photo by Noam Falakasa/TPS-IL
Israelis celebrate as helicopter carrying four rescued hostages arrives at the Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan on June 8, 2024. Photo by Gideon Markowicz/TPS-IL
Relatives of four Israeli hostages rescued from Gaza outside the Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan waiting to be reunited with their loved ones on June 8, 2024. Photo by Gideon Markowicz/TPS-IL
Rescued Israeli hostage Andrey Kozlov (center) arrives at the Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan on June 8, 2024. Photo by Gideon Markowicz/TPS-IL
Palestinian residents of Nuseirat sort through the aftermath of fighting in which Israeli forces rescued four hostages on June 8, 2024. Photo by Majdi Fathi/TPS-IL
At least 1,200 people were killed, and 252 Israelis and foreigners were taken hostage in Hamas’s attacks on Israeli communities near the Gaza border on October 7. Of the 116 remaining hostages, more than 30 are believed dead.
