The doctor of Farhan al-Qadi says he hopes the rescued hostage will be able to be released from the hospital later today, Army Radio reports.
“He’s super excited, barely slept last night,” the doctor is quoted saying. The doctor says al-Qadi told him “I’m enjoying every minute I have in the light with my family. I was in the dark for so long.”
The outlet also reports what it says are new details from al-Qadi’s rescue, saying that after being found, he repeatedly told troops “You don’t understand, there’s a Gaza above ground and a Gaza below ground.”
The army believes al-Qadi was last held with other hostages in December, and that he spent the last week before being found in a tunnel by himself, though he did have food, the radio station reports.
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