Israeli army says has rescued hostage from Gaza

The Israeli military said its forces rescued an Israeli hostage in southern Gaza on Tuesday after a "complex operation".

Kaid Alkadi, a 52-year-old Israeli Bedouin, was abducted by Palestinian militants during the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel, the military said in a statement.

Arab citizen Qaid Farhan Alkadi, 52, was among scores of people abducted in Hamas' Oct. 7 attack.

Hamas-led militants abucted some 250 people in the Oct. 7 attack, in which some 1,200 people were killed.

Israel’s retaliatory offensive has killed over 40,000 Palestinians, according to local health officials. It has displaced 90% of Gaza’s 2.3 million people from their homes and caused heavy destruction across the besieged territory.

Hamas is still holding around 110 hostages, about a third of whom are believed to be dead. Most of the rest were released in exchange for Palestinians imprisoned by Israel during a cease-fire last November.