Israeli commandos rescue hostage from tunnel in southern Gaza | BBC News

The Israeli military says commandos have rescued a Bedouin Arab hostage from an underground tunnel in Gaza who was kidnapped by Hamas during the 7 October attack on Israel.

Kaid Farhan Elkadi, 52, was rescued in a "complex operation in the southern Gaza Strip" by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Shin Bet domestic security service, according to a statement.

Mr Elkadi - the eighth hostage rescued by Israeli forces since the start of the war in Gaza - is in a stable condition in hospital.

Photographs released by the Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba showed him speaking to members of his family while sitting in a hospital armchair. It’s reported that he managed to escape his captors before being rescued, and that the soldiers attempted to understand whether he had been held with other hostages.

Jane Hill presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Lucy Williamson.

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