The Israeli army announced the liberation of two Israeli prisoners held by the Palestinian resistance in Rafah - south of the Gaza Strip - in a night military operation, coinciding with a violent bombardment on the city that resulted in the death of at least 63 Palestinians, including a girl, and the injury of dozens of others.

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said that the operation was carried out with the participation of the army, police special forces, and the General Security Service (Shin Bet), and with the follow-up of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and succeeded in returning the two captives, Fernando Simon Marman (60 years old) and Louis Haar (70 years old).

Gallant confirmed that the two prisoners are in good health, and were transferred for a medical examination to Sheba Tel Hashomer Hospital.

For his part, Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari said that the forces carried out a complex operation inside a building, where clashes took place with Hamas fighters during the liberation operation.

At the same time, the Air Force launched an intense wave of raids targeting the Hamas Shaboura Brigade, in order to enable the force to move to the site. There has been no response yet from the Palestinian resistance to the Israeli announcement.

Hagari stressed that the army had prepared for the operation to liberate the two captives for a long time based on intelligence information, stressing that the executing forces arrived at the place under cover, and then received great support from other forces from the Air Force.

Yesterday, Monday, the Al-Qassam Brigades said that the continuous Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip over the past four days claimed the lives of two Israeli prisoners in the Strip and led to the serious injury of 8 others.

The Al-Qassam Brigades explained that the conditions of the wounded are becoming more dangerous, in light of the inability to provide them with appropriate treatment.

The Al-Qassam Brigades held the Israeli army fully responsible for the lives of the injured prisoners, in light of the continued bombing and aggression.