ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS)
Israel’s true nature shines bright in hostage rescue
Zina Rakhamilova
August 29, 2024

On Tuesday, the IDF announced the rescue of Qaid Farhan Alkadi, a Bedouin-Israeli father of eleven who was kidnapped on Oct. 7 while working as a guard in Kibbutz Magen, near the Gaza border. Alkadi was found alone in a tunnel in southern Gaza, having endured weeks of isolation, confined to total darkness, and forced to witness a fellow hostage die beside him. Watching the videos of Alkadi’s family rushing to greet him in the hospital, seeing him reunited with his brother and his children – one of whom was just two months old when he was kidnapped – was profoundly moving. After his rescue, Alkadi told the media, “Suddenly, I hear someone outside the door speaking in Hebrew. I didn’t believe it, I didn’t believe it. Thank you so much. This is thanks to our army; they do sacred work, they risked their lives.” READ MORE

JNS Hostages’ families burst through Gaza fence during border protest Dozens of families of hostages still being held captive by Hamas since Oct. 7 demonstrated at the Gaza border on Thursday, shouting through loudspeakers in the hope that their loved ones would hear. Some broke through a fence near the border and ran toward the Strip. Rachel Goldberg-Polin, mother of Hersch Goldberb-Polin, 23, shouted, “This is mom, Hersch. This is the 328th day. We’re all here. All the families of 107 abductees who remain in captivity,” Ynet reported. “Hersch, we work day and night, and we will never stop. I need you to know that I bless you every morning and every Friday evening, and I raise my hands toward Gaza, and I give you the blessing, ‘May God bless you and keep you,’” she said.

TIMES OF ISRAEL The Rescue of Qaid Farhan Alkadi: Shattering the Myths of Apartheid On August 27th, in an operation that should have captured the attention of the world, the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) achieved what can only be described as a triumph of courage and precision: the rescue of Qaid Farhan Alkadi, an Arab Israeli who had been seized by Hamas and dragged into the infernal depths of Gaza. Yet, this extraordinary event has been met with a curiously muted response from much of the mainstream media. The silence is telling, for it betrays an unwillingness to confront a reality that utterly dismantles the vile and persistent slander that Israel is an apartheid state.