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 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
For futher checks. These are live pictures, slightly unstable but we believe this is the hospital he had been transferred to. We will keep an eye on these live pictures for you. The Announcement Camejust in the pictures for you. The announcement came just in the last few minutes from an Israeli Government spokesperson. Qaid farhan alkadi was rescued by our elite forces in a complex operation in the Southern Gaza strip. No further details can be published due to the considerations of the safety of our hostages and the security of our forces and of Course National security. But i can confirm he is in a stable medical condition and is being transferred for medical checks right now at a israeli hospital. His overjoyed family has been updated with the details and the idf is accompanying them at this crucial moment. Lets speak to our correspondent jon donnison in jerusalem. We dont have too many details other than what we heard from the Government Spokesperson there. The hostage is 52 year o
Due this autumn, will be painful because of what he called a black hole in the public finances, inherited from the previous administration. More than 3,500 current and former workers at next have won a six year legal battle for equal pay. An Employment Tribunal said store staff, who are predominantly women, should not have been paid at lower rates than employees in warehouses, where just over half the staff are male. Police in india have fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse hundreds of protesters marching in the eastern city of kolkata. They are demanding the resignation of a state minister, following the rape and murder of a Junior Doctor at a City Hospital earlier this month. It is an extremely rare occurence that a Military Operation to free and rescue a hostage ends successfully. But the family of Qaid Farhan Alkadi, a 52 year old Bedoin Israeli abducted on october 7th, are celebrating tonight, after he was freed by israeli commandoes from a tunnel in Southern Gaza. Mr alkad
Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. Iran has promised severe revenge for the assassination of its Top Nuclear Scientist blaming israel for his murder. Mohsen fakhrizadeh died in hospital after gunmen attacked his car outside tehran. Israel has previously accused him of masterminding a covert Nuclear Weapons programme, though it hasnt commented on his assassination. Our security correspondent Gordon Corera has more. The scene of an ambush. The highway where gunmen targeted a vehicle carrying one of the most important figures in Irans Nuclear programme. Mohsen fakhrizadeh was a scientist and Senior Defence official. But western Intelligence Services have long believed he was the Driving Force in irans quest for a nuclear bomb. Iran has always said its Nuclear Programme was peaceful but its been claimed fakhrizadeh was leading work on project amad to develop a weapon. In 2018, he was singled out by israels prime minister. This is how dr Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, head
In a russian occupied part of Ukraines Zaporizhzhia region, and said ukraine targeted an oil refinery and several Fuel Stations inside russia. The head of russias Electoral Commission said there have been 20 incidents so far of people targeting ballot boxes. Protests could continue on sunday when supporters of the late opposition figure Alexei Navalny are calling on people throughout russia to protest against president putin. Meanwhile in the estonian town of narva where many residents are russian people crossed the border to vote in russias president ial election. Narva is one of only a handful of places where the border between the eu and russia is still open. Bbc russian s Oleg Boldyrev sent this report. Here in the Estonian Border town of narva lies the frontier between the western world and russia. Across the river with its formidable fortress lies ivangorod, a town 170 kilometres away from St Petersburg and this is one but a handful of places where the border between the eu and r