News Wrap: Israel rescues 4 hostages during massive, deadly assault on central Gaza
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🗓️ 8 June 2024
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| 0:00.0 | Good evening. I'm John Yang. There's jubilation in Israel tonight after the military took |
| 0:06.1 | four hostages safely out of Central Gaza. The daylight operation was the largest rescue |
| 0:11.7 | mission of the war so far. |
| 0:13.6 | Israeli army video shows some of them running to an awaiting helicopter. |
| 0:17.5 | The four had been held since October 7th when they were kidnapped by Hamas at a music festival. |
| 0:22.3 | They were taken to a hospital to be checked over and |
| 0:25.0 | reunited with their families. Thank you for bringing my son to me to us. |
| 0:37.8 | I'm so excited they could hug him today. |
| 0:45.2 | The rescue operation came amid an intense Israeli air and ground assault on the Nusirat refugee camp. At least 210 |
| 0:50.6 | dead Palestinians were taken to local hospitals according to a health |
| 0:54.0 | official. In France for a state visit President Biden said the United States |
| 0:57.9 | would work to free all the remaining hostages including eight Americans. |
| 1:01.9 | Russia and Ukraine exchanged more drone attacks overnight. |
| 1:05.0 | Moscow-based officials said at least 28 people were killed in the partially |
| 1:09.6 | Russian occupied regions of Herson and Luhansk. People search through rubble for belongings |
| 1:15.0 | and public events were cancelled for the rest of the weekend for days of mourning. |
| 1:19.6 | In Normandy France today, D-Day commemorations gave way to a wedding day. |
| 1:24.8 | World War II veteran Harold Tarons married his sweetheart, Jean Swirland. |
| 1:29.2 | The groom is 100 years old. |
| 1:31.4 | The bride only 96. Well-wishers witnessed the Florida |
| 1:35.1 | couple's wedding which isn't legally binding because they're not French citizens. |
| 1:38.4 | On D-Day, Terrence was in Britain repairing planes returning from France so they could rejoin the battle. |
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