the two israeli hostages, fernando marman and louis har, who are aged 60 and 70 respectively, are said to be in good condition. they ve been taken to hospital in central israel. it s thought to be only the second time israel has carried out a successful military operation to rescue hostages. this is the scene this morning at rafah looking reasonably calm after those attacks. they were meant to divert attention as the soldiers successfully freed two hostages from hamas. successfully freed two hostages from hamas. benjamin radd from the ucla centre for middle east development, told us more about the critical situation in southern gaza. rafa h rafah appears to be the last refuge for hamas leadership and the remnants of what is left up hamas s writers and where the government believes a portion of the hostages may be kept, as we see from the two that were rescued. it also limits where they can go, at this point as i get him further and further to the south of the country and push