Israeli special forces rescue four hostages inGaza daytime raid | BBC News

Four hostages kidnapped by Hamas from the Novamusic festival on 7th October have been rescued in adaylight raid in central Gaza,as scores of Palestinianswere killed by Israeli attacks in the same area.

Noa Argamani, 26, Almog Meir Jan, 22, Andrei Kozlov,27, and Shlomi Ziv, 41, were freed during a "high-risk,complex mission" from two separate buildings in theNuseirat area, the Israel Defence Forces said.

The IDF said the released hostages were all in goodhealth. They were reunited with their families at al medical centre near Tel Aviv.

Dozens of Palestinians, including children, were killedby Israeli forces in the area where the operation took place.

Two hospitals in Gaza said they had recorded 70bodies while Hamas's government media office said at least 210 people had been killed.

Israel Defence Forces spokesman Daniel Hagari saidCogat, the Israeli defence ministry body in charge ofcivilian policy in the occupied West Bank and Gaza,estimated there had been fewer than 100 casualties.

Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Hugo Bachega.