The kidnapped Farhan al-Qadi was released from the hospital

The abductee Farhan al-Qadi who was rescued yesterday (Tuesday) from Hamas captivity after 326 days – was recently released from Soroka Hospital. His medical condition is good and he is accompanied by his family members who have been by his side since his arrival at the hospital. His associates said that during the captivity, al-Qadi ate mainly bread, and that he was very thin. Al-Qadi wanted his release early to meet his 90-year-old mother who had waited 326 days to see him. Al-Kadi, 52 years old, was abducted on 7.10 near Moshav Mivathim.Farhan was released from the hospital a short time ago and accompanied by a convoy of vehicles to Rahat. Upon his arrival, he told about his situation and asked the public to do whatever was necessary in order to free the abductees. “It doesn’t matter if it’s Arab or Jewish, he has a family waiting for him,” he said. “There needs to be an end to this thing and I said that to Netanyahu as well.” He said about his situation: “I feel 100 percent. I speak so that the whole world can hear me. I don’t wish anyone to be in the place I was. Do demonstrations and do what is necessary to return all the abductees.”

Al-Qadi was held in a tunnel in the south of the Gaza Strip and was rescued in a complex operation by the IDF and Shin Bet from underground, after apparently being transferred between several locations since October 7. It is believed that his captors escaped and therefore the 13th Fleet managed to reach him and rescue him.

“The abductee was rescued from a tunnel in a complex operation”, IDF spokesman Brigadier General Daniel Hagari said in a special statement after the rescue. “108 abductees and abductees are still being held in Gaza. We are working to bring everyone home.”

The details of the rescue operation that can be published:

• Al-Qadi was rescued following preliminary intelligence according to which they knew in the army that he was found without his captors.
• The fighters of Sheitat 13 and the fighters of Yalam went down to the tunnel, called to him, and he answered – “It’s me, Farhan, don’t shoot.” At this point, getting to al-Qadi was complicated; he stayed in a complex made up of several tunnels, in a side room. The forces feared that it was a trap of terrorists, and act very carefully.
• Al-Qadi was alone in the tunnel for an unspecified amount of time.
• The assessment in Israel is that, at least in some cases, Hamas has lost contact with the abductees, and the terrorist organization is now trying to understand what happened to them and what happened to them.
• The first to speak to al-Qadi after he was brought out of the tunnel into the sunlight was Lt. Col. Ahsan Daxa, who speaks Arabic. He will ask him first about a lot of details that the forces wanted to verify. He was then flown to Soroka.

State President Herzog spoke with Al-Qadi. In a conversation with him, the abductee who was rescued said: “People are really suffering, you can’t describe. Suddenly I heard someone outside the door speaking in Hebrew, I couldn’t believe it, I couldn’t believe it.” In a conversation he had with the former mayor of Rahat, al-Qadi said that a hostage who was held captive with him died next to him.