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A private airlines' Pokhara-bound plane crashed during takeoff at the <keyword id="22528018" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Tribhuvan-International-Airport" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Tribhuvan International Airport" meta.hostid="261" meta.entityid="Tribhuvan International Airport">Tribhuvan International Airport</keyword> (TIA) in Katmandu, killing 18 of the 19 people on board. The pilot of the <keyword id="22528017" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Saurya-Airlines" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Saurya Airlines" meta.hostid="261" meta.entityid="Saurya Airlines">Saurya Airlines</keyword> plane survived the crash and was taken to hospital, officials said. The crash took place when the aircraft veered off the runway and burst into flames. Footage from the spot showed dramatic scenes of the plane speeding down the runway before a fire broke out with high flames and thick black smoke billowing from the wreckage. At least 19 people, including aircrew, were aboard the private Saurya Airlines plane which met with the accident at around 11 am, sources said. The <keyword id="22384937" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="kathmandu-post" source="keywords">Kathmandu Post</keyword> newspaper reported that 18 bodies have been recovered from the crash site. <div type="twitter" handle="ANI" handlename="ANI" favoritecount="0" retweetcount="0" id="1816004873441210431"></div> "The accident occurred after the Pokhara-bound flight suffered a runway excursion during takeoff," said TIA Spokesperson Subash Jha. The Himalayan Times newspaper reported that the plane was only carrying technical staff of the airline."There were no passengers on board but the plane was carrying few technical staff," Gyanendra Bhul, information officer at the TIA, said. The pilot of the aircraft has been taken to a hospital, a security official deployed at the airport told PTI without giving further details. A fire that broke out from the aircraft has been put off, he added. Police and firefighters are carrying out <keyword id="20501159" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="rescue-operations" source="keywords">rescue operations</keyword> at the accident site. Authorities have shut down the TIA following the <keyword id="19992034" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="plane-crash" source="keywords">plane crash</keyword>, the MyRepublica news portal reported. Dozens of international and domestic flights have been affected due to the airport closure.

18 killed as plane crashes during takeoff at Nepal's Kathmandu airport

<ul class="summary-list"><li>James Cameron has said the rescue operation for the OceanGate submersible victims became "crazy."</li><li>"We all knew they were dead," Cameron told "60 Minutes Australia" in an interview that aired on Sunday.</li></ul>A year on from the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/what-happens-when-submersible-submarine-implodes-2023-6">OceanGate implosion</a>, the filmmaker and Titanic expert James Cameron has said the rescue operation was "crazy" — because people involved in the rescue already knew the victims were all dead.In an interview with "60 Minutes Australia" released on Sunday, Cameron commented on the sprawling <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/passengers-titan-submersible-dead-oceangate-titanic-2023-6">four-day rescue operation</a> that followed the submersible's disappearance on June 18."We all knew they were dead. We'd already hoisted a glass, a toast to our fallen comrades, on Monday night," he said in the interview.He added that he thought the Coast Guard followed a rescue procedure that was "unnecessarily torturous" for the families because the authorities had already been informed of an "implosion event" near the Titanic wreck site.Cameron said he'd received news of the implosion from a naval source on Monday morning and had written it down on a stationary pad in his hotel."I literally wrote that on the pad the moment I heard from my naval source, a very reliable source, that they had heard an event and triangulated it to the site," Cameron said.The note he showed to the interviewer read: "9:25 confirmed implosion."But Cameron said the catastrophe made for a "beautiful media circus.""It just transformed into this crazy thing," he added. "Everybody running around with their hair on fire, when we knew right where the sub was. Nobody could admit that they didn't have the means to go down and look. So they were running all over the surface, and the entire world waiting with bated breath."The US Coast Guard and OceanGate <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/passengers-titan-submersible-dead-oceangate-titanic-2023-6">announced on June 22</a> that debris found on the sea bed confirmed that the submersible had imploded and that the five men on board were dead.The victims were the British billionaire <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/hamish-harding-billionaire-titanic-submersible-titan-space-tourist-blue-origin-2023-6">Hamish Harding</a>, the British-Pakistani multimillionaire <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/who-is-shahzada-dawood-pakistani-millionaire-son-suleman-titanic-sub-2023-6">Shahzada Dawood</a> and his 19-year-old son Suleman, the former French navy diver <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/french-diver-paul-henry-nargeolet-on-board-missing-titanic-submersible-2023-6">Paul-Henri Nargeolet</a>, and OceanGate CEO <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/missing-titanic-sub-ceo-told-reporter-safety-pure-waste-2023-6">Stockton Rush</a>.The titanium and carbon-fiber submersible set off on June 18 to explore the wreckage of the RMS Titanic, nearly 13,000 feet underwater. It went off the radar less than two hours after the dive started.Cameron, who has <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/james-cameron-titanic-more-time-than-captain-2023-6">visited the Titanic wreck 33 times</a>, has vocally criticized OceanGate, the company behind the ill-fated submersible.He said that he'd warned company officials that the Titan vessel could lead to "catastrophic failure" and that it was "only a matter of time" before something would go wrong.He also said the company lacked "<a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/oceangate-titan-james-cameron-suggests-it-lacked-rigor-discipline-2023-7">rigor and discipline</a>" and that new regulation was needed in deep-sea exploration.Cameron's representative didn't immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider sent outside regular working hours.

James Cameron says the OceanGate submersible rescue morphed into a 'crazy' operation when 'we all knew they were dead'

Alec Baldwin fired a gun on the set of 'Rust,' killing its cinematographer. Here's a timeline of the shocking incident.

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The Houthis attacked a merchant tanker last week, forcing the crew to evacuate.</li><li>The Iran-backed rebels have since seized the vessel and detonated explosives on the deck.</li></ul>Houthi operatives filmed themselves detonating explosives that they placed on an abandoned merchant tanker in the Red Sea, setting the ship ablaze and risking a catastrophic oil spill.The Houthis attacked the Greek-flagged MV Sounion <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/photo-nato-warship-destroys-drone-boat-red-sea-rescue-mission-2024-8">multiple times last week</a>, leaving the tanker without power and stranded in the water and forcing a French warship operating in the area to rescue its crew.The Sounion, which was transporting the equivalent of 1 million barrels of crude oil from Iraq to Greece, has <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/oil-tanker-still-burning-houthi-attack-red-sea-2024-8">been on fire since Friday</a>, threatening to cause what the US and European Union have warned could be an environmental disaster.The Houthis published footage on Thursday showing rebel operatives on board the Sounion. Several holes on the vessel's exterior are visible in the footage, suggesting it was struck by multiple explosives.<div type="image" title="The MV Sounion on fire in the Red Sea." height="1000" width="1500" msid="112905224" hostid="261" sizebytes="76134"></div>In the video, Houthi rebels can be seen walking across the vessel with fires in the background. One shot shows an operative preparing what appears to be an explosive charge before zooming out to show several blasts across the ship at once.It was not clear when the footage was taken, and Business Insider could not independently verify the details.The Houthis repeatedly claim that their ongoing attacks on merchant vessels are in support of Palestinians and protest of Israel's ongoing war in Gaza, although US officials frequently push back on this claim."These are simply reckless acts of terrorism which continue to destabilize global and regional commerce, put the lives of innocent civilian mariners at risk, and imperil the vibrant maritime ecosystem in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, the Houthis own backyard," Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder told reporters on Tuesday.<div type="image" title="A close-up of fires on the MV Sounion over the weekend." height="714" width="1070" msid="112905225" hostid="261" sizebytes="61682"></div>The EU's counter-Houthi mission, known as Operation Aspides, said Thursday that there are multiple fires in several locations on the main deck of the Sounion."Operating assets in the area have confirmed that there's no oil spill, and the ship is still anchored and not drifting," Operation Aspides <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://x.com/EUNAVFORASPIDES/status/1829153560996504036">said in an update</a> on the Sounion's status. The EU said it is trying to facilitate the vessel's salvage to avoid a "catastrophic environmental crisis."Satellite imagery captured by Maxar on Thursday shows what the company says is an oil slick on the water near the vessel, which is in line with recent US assessments.<div type="image" title="Multiple fires and an oil slick can be seen in this image captured on Thursday by Maxar." height="2572" width="4222" msid="112905227" hostid="261" sizebytes="1123506"></div>The US State Department has said that Houthi attacks on the Sounion <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.state.gov/houthi-attacks-on-the-sounion-oil-tanker-threaten-becoming-an-environmental-disaster/">threaten to spill</a> 1 million barrels of oil into the Red Sea, an amount four times the size of the notorious 1989 Exxon Valdez incident, which was known as one of the worst environmental disasters in American history.Since November 2023, the Houthis have consistently <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-navy-aircraft-carrier-eisenhower-planes-in-air-constantly-houthis-2024-2">launched missiles and drones</a> into the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden to strike vessels transiting key merchant shipping lanes.The US Navy and its European counterparts have stationed warships in the region to help facilitate safe passage for commercial vessels, as well as deter other hostile actors. However, the <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-navy-warships-fired-munitions-substantial-cost-fighting-houthis-2024-8">American naval presence</a> in the Red Sea has scaled down in recent weeks.

Houthi operatives placed explosives on a tanker and detonated them, risking a catastrophic oil spill in the Red Sea

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Israel's June 8 hostage rescue was aided by US intelligence, The New York Times reported.</li><li>US specialists provided key intelligence and logistic support to Israel's military.</li></ul>Israel's rescue operation that freed four hostages on June 8 was supported by intelligence from US sources, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/08/world/middleeast/us-intelligence-israel-hostage-rescue.html">The New York Times</a> reports.A team of US hostage recovery specialists stationed in Israel provided key intelligence and logistical support to the Israeli military, assisting a daytime operation that brought the hostages back to Israel after being held captive for eight months in Gaza, said several unnamed US and Israeli officials, the report said.<a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/gaza-israels-special-forces-rescue-woman-on-a-motorbike-hostage-and-3-others-2024-6">Noa Argamani, Almog Meir Jan, Andrey Kozlov, and Shlomi Ziv were rescued</a> in the special forces operation, which IDF spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari called "daring."Palestinian gunmen kidnapped around 240 hostages following the terrorist attacks on Israel on October 7, which killed 1,200 people, mostly civilians.<a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/video-kidnapped-woman-begs-hamas-fighters-not-to-kill-her-2023-10">Argamani's ordeal went viral on social media</a> when she was kidnapped on October 7. She was abducted from the Nova festival via motorbike, and footage of her pleading "Don't kill me!"The Pentagon and CIA has been providing real-time intelligence from drone surveillance over Gaza, communications intercepts, and other sources, supplementing Israel's capabilities, said the NYT report."The United States is supporting all efforts to secure the release of hostages still held by terrorists," National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said in a statement."We won't stop working until all the hostages come home and a cease-fire is reached," said President Joe Biden.The hostage rescue operation took place in central Gaza's Nuseirat refugee camp.Gaza's Government Media Office said at least 210 people were killed in the raid, per <a target="_blank" href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/8/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israeli-army-to-be-added-to-un-child-harm-list">Al Jazeera</a>.Hamas' armed al-Qassam Brigades said that Israel's operation also killed some hostages.Israel, "by committing horrific massacres, was able to free some its hostages, yet it killed some others during the operation," Briades' spokesperson, Abu Ubaida, said on Telegram, per <a target="_blank" href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/hamas-armed-wing-says-israel-killed-some-its-hostages-operation-central-gazas-al-2024-06-08/">Reuters</a>.Israeli military spokesperson Peter Lerner called the allegation a "blatant lie," per CNN.It is not the first time Israel has been accused of killing hostages accidentally.<a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/israeli-grandmother-likely-killed-by-idf-on-october-7">Efrat Katz, an Israeli grandmother</a> who died on October 7, was likely killed by her own military in a friendly-fire incident.She was in the process of being abducted from her kibbutz by Hamas militants when her own military opened fire on the vehicle she was traveling in.In December, the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/israel-idf-accidentally-killed-hostages-friendly-fire-gaza-2023-12">IDF killed three Israeli hostages</a> they mistakenly perceived to be threats.More than 37,000 people have been killed in Gaza since October 7, according to Gaza's health ministry that Hamas runs.

Israel's special forces hostage rescue was aided by US intelligence, report says

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A commercial tanker vessel came under attack in the Red Sea on Wednesday and was left stranded.</li><li>When a French warship was sent to rescue the crew, it had to fight off a hostile drone boat.</li></ul>A new photo released by the French military on Thursday captures one of its warships battling an explosive drone boat during a rescue mission in the Red Sea.The European Union's counter-Houthi mission, known as Operation Aspides, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://x.com/EUNAVFORASPIDES/status/1826562680783622444">said</a> that it dispatched a French frigate to rescue the crew of a wounded commercial tanker following an attack on Wednesday that left the vessel without power and stranded in the water.As the frigate arrived in the area, the warship detected another incoming attack on the oil tanker from a drone boat "heavily loaded" with explosives and destroyed the threat on-site, the French military <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://x.com/FFEAU_ALINDIEN/status/1826602634473865507/photo/1">said Thursday</a>.The military said that the frigate then evacuated more than two dozen crew members from the tanker, which is presently anchored in international waters.<div type="image" title="The rescue mission in the Red Sea." height="2731" width="4096" msid="112720770" hostid="261" sizebytes="139200"></div>The French armed forces did not specify who was responsible for the incident, but it follows months of regular attacks by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels on merchant shipping lanes in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden with unmanned systems and missiles and drone boats in assaults like this. The Houthis <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://apnews.com/article/yemen-houthi-rebels-red-sea-ship-attacks-2241760e97debc34de6ac99230836c8e?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=share">have not claimed responsibility</a> for the initial or follow-on attack on the tanker.On the latest incident, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations, an element of the Royal Navy, said that <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://x.com/UK_MTO/status/1826313223152259439">gunmen in small watercraft</a> opened fire on the Greek-flagged MV Sounion as it was sailing through the Red Sea on Wednesday. The vessel was later struck by several unidentified projectiles.The attack left the Sounion without power and adrift off the coast of Yemen, prompting the French rescue mission. Operation Aspides said on Thursday that the crew was transported to the nearest safe port of call in Djibouti."The lives of seafarers and freedom on the high seas are nonnegotiable values and their protection is a key objective" of the security mission, Operation Aspides said.<div type="image" title="The MV Sounion in the Red Sea." height="2731" width="4096" msid="112720771" hostid="261" sizebytes="76072"></div>But the European Union warned that the Sounion and the loads of crude oil it's carrying "now represents a navigational and environmental hazard. It is essential that everyone in the area exercises caution and refrains from any actions that could lead to a deterioration of the current situation."The incident appears to be the latest successful attack on a Red Sea vessel. The Houthis have <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/houthis-getting-smarter-red-sea-attacks-ships-paying-the-price-2024-6">struck a number of merchant ships</a> since they began their campaign last October, even sinking at least two of them.US and European naval forces operating in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden have been <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-navy-fighter-squadron-scored-firsts-fighting-houthis-red-sea-2024-7">tasked with intercepting Houthi missiles and drones</a>, and the American military frequently <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-carrier-strike-group-fired-nearly-800-munitions-houthi-fight-2024-7">carries out strikes in Yemen</a> targeting rebel facilities and weapons.US forces destroyed a Houthi surface-to-air missile and radar system <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/PRESS-RELEASES/Press-Release-View/Article/3880677/august-21-us-central-command-update/">earlier in the week</a>, the Pentagon announced on Wednesday.

New military photo captures a NATO warship taking out an explosive-packed drone boat during a Red Sea rescue mission

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A toddler was rescued from a locked Tesla after the car's battery died, a report says.</li><li>The child's grandmother called 911 after she was unable to open the car.</li></ul>A toddler was rescued from a locked <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla">Tesla</a> by Scottsdale firefighters after the car's battery died.Renee Sanchez told <a target="_blank" href="https://www.azfamily.com/2024/06/20/toddler-trapped-car-when-tesla-battery-dies-scottsdale/">Arizona's On Your Side</a> that she was planning to take her 20-month-old granddaughter to the Phoenix Zoo when the incident occurred.She said the EV's battery died after she closed the door on her grandaughter and walked around the car to get in the front seat."I could not get in. My phone key wouldn't open it. My card key wouldn't open it," Sanchez told the outlet.She ended up calling 911 operators, who then dispatched Scottsdale firefighters, per the report.After arriving on the scene, the firefighters told Sanchez they often struggled to get inside locked <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-tesla-board-ultimatum-2024-1">Teslas</a>. They eventually broke the car's window with an ax and rescued the child, the report said.Representatives for Tesla and Scottsdale Fire Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Business Insider, made outside normal working hours. Sanchez could not immediately be reached for comment.Numerous <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-owner">Tesla owners</a> say they have been trapped inside their EVs after they lost power. There are several ways to open the doors when the car is completely flat, including<a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-manually-open-tesla-door-if-battery-power-dies-2023-8"> if drivers are stuck outside,</a> but many Tesla owners aren't aware of these safety features.One key safety feature is a release lever on both the driver's and passenger's side doors that manually unlocks the doors.In April, a TikToker said she got <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tiktoker-trapped-hot-car-tesla-locked-her-inside-software-update-2024-4">stuck in her Tesla for 40 minutes </a>during a software update while parked in the sun. She said the temperature in the car soared to 115°F while the EV updated.

Firefighters smashed a Tesla's window to rescue a toddler after the battery died, report says

Taipei [<keyword id="19909762" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="taiwan" source="keywords">Taiwan</keyword>], April 4 (ANI): The search for the missing continues following a 7.2 magnitude earthquake centered in Hualien that struck Taiwan on Wednesday morning, Central News Agency Focus Taiwan reported. As per Central Emergency Operation Center, as of 7 am Thursday, the number of deaths has reached nine, with 1,038 injured, 96 trapped, and 52 missing, reported CNA. Relief efforts are concentrated on Hualien, along the rugged and scenic east coast, where numerous buildings were left precarious with collapsed lower floors. <keyword id="20270996" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="bridges" source="keywords">Bridges</keyword> and tunnels were destroyed, while roads suffered damage from rocks and landslides. Workers start demolishing buildings and rescuing individuals trapped inside, visuals coming from Taiwan. The casualties, all reported in Hualien, encompass four victims in Taroko Gorge, two near the Dachingshui and Huide tunnels, one in a residential building in Hualien City, and one in the Hejen mining area, with most resulting from rockfalls, as per CNA Emergency crews are rushing to free people trapped by the earthquake and ensuing landslides. Among those trapped are three people in a mine in Hualien's Heren Mining Area, 64 people in <keyword id="21190928" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="heping" source="keywords">Heping</keyword> Mine, five employees of <keyword id="21190931" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="silks-place-hotel" source="keywords">Silks Place Hotel</keyword>, and 24 tourists in Taroko Gorge's Tunnel of Nine Turns. Taipower has reported that power has been returned to 70 per cent of all households and businesses that experienced power outages. <keyword id="21190932" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="taiwan-water" source="keywords">Taiwan Water</keyword> also said that water supply is normal in all districts and has dispatched personnel to conduct pipeline inspections and inspections at 13 reservoirs, per CNA. According to CNA, Taiwan's Nuclear Safety Commission said all nuclear power plants are operating normally and will pay attention to subsequent aftershocks. It will also continue to carry out inspections and monitoring of plants. <keyword id="21190929" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="taoyuan-international-airport-corporation" source="keywords">Taoyuan International Airport Corporation</keyword> said it has set up a response center and that operations are normal. However, parts of ceilings, walls, and sprinkler heads fell in the terminal, and two outbound and one Vietnamese passenger were slightly injured. On Wednesday, out of 143, seven people were trapped in the Renhe mining area, 47 hotel employees and 24 tourists at Jiuqudong, 64 individuals in the Heping mining area, and one on the Jhu-ilu Trekking and Hiking trail, as per the National Fire Agency Chen Cheng-chi, Deputy Commander of the Central Emergency Operation Centre (CEOC) and Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs highlighted that current rescue efforts are primarily concentrated on Provincial Highway No-8. He emphasised the importance of rescue personnel prioritising their safety, particularly during nighttime operations. Regarding water and electricity supply, the Ministry of Economic Affairs reported that 371,869 households experienced power outages nationwide, with 1,073 households still without power late Wednesday. Among them, 660 are expected to have power restored later in the evening. Additionally, 125,675 households initially suffered water stoppages across Taiwan, with 14,718 households still facing water shortages, including 14,500 in Hualien. Restoration efforts are expected to be completed by midnight Thursday, with water trucks dispatched to affected areas in the interim. Furthermore, the ministry noted that 20 of the 80 damaged cell phone base stations had been repaired by late Wednesday. The <keyword id="21190933" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="national-communications-commission" source="keywords">National Communications Commission</keyword> aims to gradually restore the remaining stations by Friday. (ANI)

Taiwan earthquake: 9 dead, 1,038 injured, rescue underway

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Israeli special forces rescued four hostages in Gaza by posing as displaced Gazans, reports said.</li><li>Israel's elite Yamam unit took part in the operation, and one of its officers was killed.</li></ul>Israeli special forces liberated four hostages held by militants in Gaza by disguising themselves as displaced Palestinians, reports said.<a target="_blank" class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://abcnews.go.com/International/israeli-special-forces-dressed-palestinian-refugees-hostage-rescue/story?id=110995204#:~:text=Israeli%20special%20forces%20were%20disguised,security%20sources%20told%20ABC%20News.">Two Israeli security sources</a> confirmed to ABC News that Israeli soldiers posed as refugees from Rafah to carry out the rescue mission on Saturday.According to residents interviewed by the Saudi Arabian-owned Asharq news channel, <a target="_blank" class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/special-forces-said-to-have-posed-as-gazan-civilians-hamas-fighters-to-near-hostages/">male and female Israeli soldiers</a> impersonated Palestinian refugees from Rafah to infiltrate the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, per The Times of Israel.They arrived in a white vehicle with mattresses. When questioned by residents, the disguised soldiers who spoke Arabic claimed they were fleeing the IDF's offensive in the south of Gaza, said the Saudi report.They pointed out apartments where hostage Noa Argamani was held which they claimed they had rented, witnesses told Asharq news channel. Three other hostages — Andrey Kozlov, Shlomi Ziv, and Almog Meir Jan — were detained in a building nearby.The Israeli sources who spoke to ABC News confirmed the disguised soldiers used the cover-story that they were looking for a place to live.<a target="_blank" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cv22xvp90nlo">BBC News</a> spoke to a witness who said the Israelis came in a truck filled with furniture."Suddenly, special forces came out of it and started shooting," Isaam Jameel Arouqi told BBC News.Eye witnesses told CNN that some <a target="_blank" href="https://edition.cnn.com/2024/06/10/middleeast/inside-israels-hostage-rescue-intl-dst/index.html">Israeli soldiers were also dressed as Hamas fighters.</a><div type="image" title="L: Civil defense teams and locals investigate the rubble after Israeli attacks on Nuseirat camp in Deir al Balah, Gaza on June 08, 2024.R: Noa Argamani embraces her father after Israeli forces rescued four hostages from the central Gaza Strip, in Ramat Gan, Israel, in this handout image obtained by Reuters on June 8, 2024." height="600" width="800" msid="110947208" hostid="261" sizebytes="65940"></div>The hostage rescuers included the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/hero-of-israel-thousands-pay-last-respects-to-officer-killed-in-hostage-rescue-op/">elite Yamam counter-terrorism unit</a>, and one of its officers was killed in the operation.Yamam, which is part of Israel's Border Police, was supported by the special forces troops of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Intelligence from US sources was also used in the raid, <a target="_blank" class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/08/world/middleeast/us-intelligence-israel-hostage-rescue.html">The New York Times</a> reported.The <a target="_blank" class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/gaza-us-intelligence-helped-israel-plan-rescue-4-hostages-report-2024-6">four hostages were among 40 people kidnapped</a> by Hamas from the Nova music festival on October 7, where at least 260 people were massacred.<a target="_blank" class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/video-kidnapped-woman-begs-hamas-fighters-not-to-kill-her-2023-10">Noa Argamani's abduction</a> went viral when she was taken hostage via motorbike eight months ago.Meanwhile, Hamas-run Gaza's Health Ministry said at least 274 Palestinians in the Nuseirat refugee camp were killed during the operation, <a target="_blank" class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-news-06-09-2024-61eb1be9a9d0cf2dbf250cd4a8ed4dbf">AP News</a> reports.The IDF said it launched an air attack when the hostage-rescue mission came under fire from gunmen, some armed with rocket-propelled grenades, AP saidIn January, <a target="_blank" class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/30/israel-forces-disguised-women-medics-storm-hospital-jenin-west-bank">Israeli soldiers dressed as medics</a> entered a hospital in Jenin on the West Bank and killed three alleged Palestinian militants.The strategy of disguise used in the Gaza rescue raid echoed the Israeli political thriller series "Fauda." <a target="_blank" class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/80113612">The hit Netflix show</a> portrayed Arabic-speaking undercover agents impersonating locals to infiltrate West Bank Palestinian militant groups planning attacks on Israelis.The <a target="_blank" class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ex-general-liam-neeson-taken-rescuing-family-hamas-movie-talk-2024-6">creators of "Fauda" are developing a film about the events of October 7</a>.

Israeli special forces disguised themselves as displaced Gazans to infiltrate a refugee camp and rescue 4 hostages, reports say

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A kite surfer stranded on a remote beach in California found a novel way to call for aid.</li><li>The man used rocks to spell out the word "HELP" on the sand. </li></ul>A kite surfer stranded on a narrow beach in California found a novel way to call for aid. Surrounded by tall cliffs and a rising tide on the beach south of Davenport Landing, he laid out rocks on the sand to spell out a large "HELP," per <a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/CALFIRECZU/status/1799981626434449594">an X post</a> by the Santa Cruz unit of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection on Sunday.A private helicopter spotted the sign and alerted the authorities. A rescue helicopter was later dispatched to the location and airlifted the kite surfer out, according to the video posted by the department.The kite surfer started from Davenport Landing Beach but was swept down the coastline, where he was stranded, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/stranded-kite-surfer-help-rescue/3562300/">NBC Bay Area reported.</a>"It is an extremely beautiful place to work and live," Cal Fire Capt. Skylar Merritt told NBC Bay Area. "That being said, it can lull people into a false sense of security around those cliffs. Those beaches are notorious for strong winds, rip tides, and cold water."A similar rescue operation happened in April when the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-military-finds-men-used-leaves-write-help-pacific-island-2024-4">US military rescued three mariners</a> stranded on a Pacific island for more than a week.They used palm leaves to write "HELP" on the beach in Pikelot Atoll, a small island part of the Federated States of Micronesia.They were spotted by a US reconnaissance aircraft and rescued on April 9.Cal Fire did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider sent outside regular working hours.

A kite surfer stranded on a remote California beach was rescued after he used rocks to spell 'HELP' on the sand

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