At least 9 Palestinians have been killed in raids and strikes by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) on the West Bank overnight, Palestinian authorities say. Israeli forces said the move into the Palestinian-occupied area was a “counterterrorism operation” and that they’d killed “armed terrorists”. It comes a day after the IDF rescued 52yo Israeli hostage Qaid Farhan Alkadi from a tunnel in Gaza after he was kidnapped by Hamas on 7 October. Speaking to reporters, Alkadi said he asked PM Benjamin Netanyahu on a phone call to bring an end to the war so the hostages can be released. “It does not matter if they are Arab or Jewish, all have a family waiting for them. They also want to feel the joy”, he said. Reports about how Alkadi got out are mixed, but footage shows him being reunited with his family. His brother Hatem said “I can’t explain the feeling. It’s like being born again”.