Israeli troops free Palestinian Bedouin captive held in Gaza

Israel's military has said that its troops have freed a captive held in Gaza during a "complex rescue operation" on Tuesday. 

It said that Qaid Farhan Alkadi, 52, a Palestinian Bedouin citizen of Israel, was rescued in the southern Gaza Strip after being held for 10 months. 

"We are doing everything to save the hostages," Herzi Halevi, the head of Israel's military, said in a statement.

Alkadi was taken captive from Kibbutz Magen, one of several southern Israeli communities around the Gaza Strip attacked by Hamas and other Palestinian groups on 7 October. 

During the attack, around 1,200 people - mostly civilians - were killed, while over 250 others were taken captive and to Gaza.

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