Israel Rescues Hamas Hostage, Father of 11, From Gaza Tunnel

  • Bedouin Arab, 52, was found alone in tunnel under Gaza
  • Israeli team heading to Doha Wednesday for cease-fire talks

The brother of freed Israeli hostage Qaid Farhan Alkadi shows a mobile phone picture of the two of them after Alkadi’s arrival at the Soroka Medical Center in Beersheva, Israel, on Aug. 27.

Photographer: Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images
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Israeli security forces freed a male hostage held in Gaza since Oct. 7 from an underground tunnel used by Hamas.

Qaid Farhan Alkadi, a 52-year-old Arab Israeli from the town of Rahat, was found by special forces in a tunnel in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday, according to the Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet, the country’s internal intelligence agency.