largest hostage rescue operation since the war began on october 7th as the idf has freed four hostages taken by hamas and reuniting them with their families. welcome everyone to fox news live, i m anita vogel. and hello griff. griff: and the president addressed the rescue as he s set for a state dinner with macron. and we kick things off with peter doocy live following it in paris for us. hi, peter. griff, good afternoon. president biden says he s a student of french history and finds a lot of these events very moving, including the chance to be welcomed underneath the arc de triomphe. and the president made the comment at a pair of press statements where neither he nor president macron took any questions, but they did very, very, very briefly touch on the big international news of the day, that daring rescue of four israeli hostages inside central gaza. i want to echo president macron s comments welcoming the safe rescue of four hostages that were returned to their famil
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mobile savings are calling. visit xfinitymobile.com to learn more. doc? good morning. it is saturday, june 8th. today on velshi, we are following breaking news out of the middle east. the idf said it carried out an operation in central gaza and rescued four hostages alive. according to the idf, those rescued our 25-year-old noa argamani, 21-year-old almog meir jan , 24-year-old andrey kozlov , and shlomi ziv. all four are said to be inside israel and in good medical condition. you may remember one of those rescued hostages, noa argamani there she is being kidnapped on october 7th on the back of a motorbike separated from her boyfriend pleading for her life. new video released by the spokesman shows noa argamani being reunited with her father today. her mother had been petitioning various governments for the release of her daughter. we will bring you much more on this development shortly, plus the latest on the delicate talks aimed at ending the war in gaza, and latest t
being kidnapped with her boyfriend from the music festival. her boyfriend is thought to still be in captivity in gaza. this was shlomi ziv and his wife speaking for the first time in eight months. in the past hour, this video has been posted on social media of three hostages being escorted by soldiers to a helicopter in gaza, which then takes off, bound for israel. and this was the moment when two of the hostages arrived in a helicopter at a hospital in tel aviv. all four of the released hostages are said to be in good medical condition. the israeli security forces said the operation was long planned and conducted under heavy fire. one special forces officer was killed. benjamin netanyahu has spoken the hostages in hospital. israeljust spoken the hostages in hospital. israel just carried spoken the hostages in hospital. israeljust carried out a remarkable rescue operation of four hostages held by hamas. this operation required ingenuity and courage of the highest degree, and
festival on october 7th. here is the moment argamani was reunited with her father while being transferred; she s also spoken on the phone to prime minister netanyahu. and this is the moment where two of the hostages arrived in a helicopter at the hospital in tel aviv. all four of the relaesed hostages are said to be in good medical condition. the israeli security forces said the operation was long planned, and conducted under heavy fire. they have confirmed that one israeli special forces officer was killed they have confirmed that one israeli specialforces officer was killed in the operation. an israeli police inspector died of wounds sustained during the raid. hamas said more than 90 palestinians were killed. lieutenant colonel peter lerner from the israeli defense forces spoke to us from tel aviv. it was intentionally in civilian homes, it was intentionally in civilian homes, and this is what hamas has done homes, and this is what hamas has done we homes, and this is