Heartbreaking videos show Israeli special forces rescuing hostages during Rafah attack and telling commanders 'we have the diamonds'

DRAMATIC drone footage shows the moment two Israeli hostages were rescued during a nighttime blitz in Gaza.

IDF troops swept into Rafah under cover of night to extract the men and high-tech cameras captured the moment they fled Hamas captors.

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When Israeli troops were able to break them out after a hail of gunfire and attacks between the IDF and the IDF Hamas – they sent a coded message to their fellow troops.

“The diamonds are in our hands,” a soldier said over the radio, as drone footage showed them running through the air destroyed streets in Rafah.

A shell-shocked Fernando Simon Marman, 61, and Norberto Louis Har, 70, were bundled into a helicopter and flown straight to a hospital in Israel after the daring rescue.

The rescue mission, which IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari described as difficult and complex, appeared to have many moving parts in the video shared by The times of Israel.

Dozens of troops march down a residential street just as several buildings around them are hit by what appear to be airstrikes.

The bird's eye view then shows IDF troops fleeing the area with the hostages and quickly driving in Gaza in two large armored trucks.

Eventually they gather on the side of a dusty road, surrounded by ruined buildings, as a helicopter flies down to pick them up.

Once aboard the plane, IDF officials check on Marman and Har and offer them water and blankets to keep them warm.

They ask the couple, “Welcome back. How are you guys doing? How are you feeling?”

They responded, “Shocked, shocked, okay.”

And when the men refused the blankets, they said to the soldiers fleeing with them, 'It is hot. It is warm in our hearts. What a joy, what a joy.'

An IDF troop said: “It's great to have you with us.”

The entire operation was completed in just an hour – with the heartbreaking “We've got the diamonds” call at 1:50 am.

It happened just a minute after elite security forces and police shelled the buildings surrounding the apartment where they were being held.

They also took out three Hamas terrorists who were guarding the men.

Yesterday Heartwarming images of the two men's reunion with their loved ones were released broke up after more than four months.

The pair were seen turning a corner in an Israeli hospital before hugging their families tightly and hugging them.

Marman's sister and Har's partner, Clara Marman, were also taken hostage during the Hamas raid on October 7.

But Clara was released during the November ceasefire, along with their other sister Gabriela and her daughter Mia.

When asked about the widespread criticism Israel has received for unleashing fire in an area where nearly 1.5 million Palestinians are sheltering, Lerner said the military's goal is to wipe out Hamas.

“We must minimize the impact and operate in accordance with the laws of armed conflict.

“But in the end we will achieve our goals: bringing back the hostages, every one of them, and ensuring that Hamas, which cannot be entrusted with power, never gets the power to govern the Gaza Strip. Once more. “

He said no attempts had been made to evacuate civilians from the area.

The Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza claims that at least 67 Palestinians were killed in the overnight attacks as part of the Israeli rescue operation.

And the Israeli operation in Rafah – Netanyahu's attempt to crush Hamas's “last bastion” – was met with widespread international opposition.

But the Israeli prime minister stressed that the “latest terrorist raid” is an essential part of the four-month battle against Hamas.

Dozens of people, including children, have done so already killed as a result of strikes in the city.

Biden, Netanyahu's closest ally since the war began, even urged caution in this move.

And Egypt has threatened to completely suspend its peace treaty with Israel if ground troops are sent.

When Hamas attacked Israel last year, they killed about 1,200 people and kidnapped 250 others.

More than 100 of these hostages were released during the only brief ceasefire in November, and Israel says more than 130 remain in captivity.

Some of the remaining hostages are believed to be dead, either killed by Hamas or by Israeli strikes in Gaza.

Three were tragically killed by Israel's own soldiers after escaping Hamas terrorists in December.

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