mission and successfully rescued four of our hostages from hamas captivity in gaza. noa argamani, almog meirjan, shlomi ziv and andri kozlov. they are back home in israel. they are alive, they are well. they will undergo a medical examination and will soon be reunited with their families in the hospital. they were rescued after 246 days in hamas captivity after they were brutally kidnapped from they were brutally kidnapped from the nova music festival on the 7th of october. this was a high risk, complex mission, based on precise intelligence, conducted in daylight, into separate buildings deep inside gaza. while underfire, underfire inside the buildings, underfire on the way out from gaza, our forces rescued our hostages. israeli forces have been preparing for this rescue mission for weeks. they underwent intensive training. they risked their lives to save the lives of our hostages. this is what we do in israel. we risk our lives to save the lives of our hostages. while we ar