CIA-backed rescue of 4 Israeli hostages, killing of 210 Palestinians, greatest bloodshed
The CIA-backed rescue operation of four Israeli hostages in a residential area became the bloodiest event of its kind, with 210 Palestinians killed.
On the 8th, Israeli troops rescued four hostages in an attack in the middle of a residential area in Nusseyrat, where they were being held in an apartment complex, and Palestinian officials said that Israeli troops killed more than 200 people in a raid in the Gaza Strip.
“The United States supports all efforts to secure the release of hostages, including American citizens, still held by Hamas, including through ongoing negotiations or other means,” said U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan. acknowledged U.S. support for the operation.
Reuters reported that Israel rescued four hostages in a Gaza airstrike that Hamas said killed 210 Palestinians.
AP reported <Israel rescues 4 hostages kidnapped in Hamas attack on October 7, 210 Palestinians killed>.
The New York Times said, “Two Israeli intelligence officials said that U.S. military officials in Israel provided some of the information about the hostages rescued on the 8th,” and “The U.S. Department of Defense and the CIA are conducting drone flights over the Gaza Strip, intercepting communications, and taking hostages.” “We have provided other sources of information regarding the potential location of .”
The NYT reported that an Israeli official said, with US and British support, that “Israel has its own intelligence, but the US and UK have been able to provide information from the air and cyberspace that Israel cannot collect on its own.”
A senior Israeli Defense Ministry official familiar with the hostage rescue operation said, “American and British intelligence collection and analysis teams were stationed in Israel throughout the war and assisted Israeli intelligence in collecting and analyzing information related to the hostages,” adding, “Some of them are citizens of both countries. “He told the NYT.
U.S. officials told the NYT that “intelligence support to Israel is focused on the location of hostages and information on top Hamas leadership,” to which the NYT responded, “U.S. officials say this is the best way to persuade Israel to end the war.” “Because I believe the way is to retrieve the hostages and capture or kill senior Hamas leaders,” he explained.
“The operation took place in the middle of a residential area in Nusseyrat, where Hamas was holding hostages in two apartment complexes,” said Maj. Gen. Hagari, an Israeli military spokesman. responded. We understand that the (Palestinian) casualties are less than 100. “I don’t know how many of them are terrorists,” he said at the briefing.
Israeli police said in a statement that day that “a special forces commander was killed during the operation.”