Hamas hostage rescue: Moment Israeli troops shoot their way into Gaza property

Dramatic new video footage shows the moment Israel Defence Force (IDF) soldiers shot their way into an apartment block to rescue three hostages on Saturday. “You’re going to be OK. We’re here to rescue you,” says one commando as he fist-bumps Andrey Kozlov, 27, while he backs up against a wall with his hands in the air. Another hostage can be seen raising his arms protectively above his head as the captives are identified and explosions fill the air. The footage begins as heavily armed troops rush past undergrowth to the building through the continuous ricochet of continuous automatic gunfire. The voices of women and children can be heard in the background but no one is in sight as the special operatives enter the building through dark, deserted rooms to find the three male hostages - Almog Meir Jan, 22, Kozlov and Shlomi Ziv, 41 – huddled together wearing shorts and vests. Noa Argamani, 26, who was also rescued, was alone on the first floor of another building just 200m away.