The start of his journey back home. At israel s soroka hospital, his last few moments in hiding. A wall of israeli soldiers shielding him from the world he left ten months ago. From a tunnel in gaza to an israeli ambulance in a couple of hours. His family racing the last few metres to greet him. Thin and pale but staff said in a good and stable condition. Translation: it is difficult to explain how it feels. It is better than having a newborn. We thank god and we thank everyone and hope to see him healthy. We re very happy, very happy. Israel s prime minister called to welcome him home, keen to be part of his release. We cannot go into many details of this special operation but i can share that israeli commandos rescued qaid farhan alkadi from an underground tunnel following accurate intelligence. The army has described this as a complex operation based on precise intelligence but there are persistent reports here of a more nuanced story, even that farhan alkadi may have escaped his ca
Attack on october 7. Israel says he was rescued in what they are calling a complex operation. Lucy williamson sent this report from the soroka medical centre in southern israel. Surrounded again by sunlight, by the sound of hebrew. Farhan alkadi, a 52 year old bedouin israeli, snatching a second chance at life. Crouched on the floor of a military helicopter, after 326 days in captivity, a smile. The start of his journey back home. At israel s soroka hospital, his last few moments in hiding. A wall of israeli soldiers shielding him from the world he left ten months ago. From a tunnel in gaza to an israeli ambulance in a couple of hours. His family racing the last few metres to greet him. Thin and pale, but staff said in a good and stable condition. Translation: it s difficult to explain how it feels. It s better than having a newborn. We thank god and we thank everyone, and hope to see him healthy. We re very happy, very happy. Israel s prime minister called to welcome him home, keen to
Reach than ever. Did the president and the staff overplay their hand after an election far from a mandate to radically transform america . Ask our panel, deputy editorial page, editor Dan Henninger and kim strassel. Thanks for letting me be here. Dan, it seems like democrats are stuck with a local culture most americans dont want. They are in the middle, for sure but lets put this into context, the progressives, Democratic Left have been taking over the Democratic Party for at least the past or years. Yes, joe biden won the Presidency Running on a platform of moderation but nonetheless, i think they expected trump fatigue would give them bigger majority in the senate and the house then they got. They did not get that but nonetheless, that was not going to stop the progressives from pushing their agenda and they signed up joe biden and his proposing of the greatest array of entitlement of tax increases at least since the early 1960s, lbjs great societies. I do think it is a misreading o
Reach than ever. Did the president and the staff overplay their hand after an election far from a mandate to radically transform america . Ask our panel, deputy editorial page, editor Dan Henninger and kim strassel. Thanks for letting me be here. Dan, it seems like democrats are stuck with a local culture most americans dont want. They are in the middle, for sure but lets put this into context, the progressives, Democratic Left have been taking over the Democratic Party for at least the past or years. Yes, joe biden won the Presidency Running on a platform of moderation but nonetheless, i think they expected trump fatigue would give them bigger majority in the senate and the house then they got. They did not get that but nonetheless, that was not going to stop the progressives from pushing their agenda and they signed up joe biden and his proposing of the greatest array of entitlement of tax increases at least since the early 1960s, lbjs great societies. I do think it is a misreading o
Reach than ever. Did the president and the staff overplay their hand after an election far from a mandate to radically transform america . Ask our panel, deputy editorial page, editor Dan Henninger and kim strassel. Thanks for letting me be here. Dan, it seems like democrats are stuck with a local culture most americans dont want. They are in the middle, for sure but lets put this into context, the progressives, Democratic Left have been taking over the Democratic Party for at least the past or years. Yes, joe biden won the Presidency Running on a platform of moderation but nonetheless, i think they expected trump fatigue would give them bigger majority in the senate and the house then they got. They did not get that but nonetheless, that was not going to stop the progressives from pushing their agenda and they signed up joe biden and his proposing of the greatest array of entitlement of tax increases at least since the early 1960s, lbjs great societies. I do think it is a misreading o