Gaza - June 8, 2024

IDF: The 'Arnon' Operation; footage from the operation of the Command Team and the 98th Division in the south

Yesterday (Saturday), the soldiers of the Yamam Unit and personnel of the ISA's Operational Unit rescued four hostages in a special operation under the 98th Division in the heart of Nuseirat. The operation began with the division's entry into combat in the center of the Gaza Strip a few days earlier.

The Paratrooper Brigade Combat Team led the operation to rescue the hostages and the special forces while under fire and transported them to the helicopter boarding point in the heart of the Gaza Strip. Under the Combat Team, soldiers of the Paratrooper Reconnaissance Unit, Unit 5515, Shayetet 13, the Givati ​Reconnaissance Unit and the Armored Battalion (532) took part in the operation.

The Kfir Briagde Combat Team operated for several days in the area. Under the Combat Team were paratroopers and special forces of the Duvdevan Unit.

The 7th Brigade Combat Team, which included armored forces, engineering forces and soldiers of the Rotem Battalion, operated efficiently and quickly to eliminate terrorists, destroy terrorist infrastructure and fire in order to enable the rescue of the hostages.

IAF aircraft struck dozens of military targets for the success of the operation.

The operation was carried out after many weeks of accurate intelligence gathering conducted by the ISA and the Hostage Task Force in the Intelligence Directorate (J2), where the preliminary information on the whereabouts of the hostages at both locations was compiled, as well as the intelligence that enabled the operational conditions of the rescue.