Case of rescued Israeli Bedouin hostage Qaid Alkadi: What we know

Bedouin Israeli hostage Qaid Farhan Alkadi, rescued from Gaza on Tuesday in an Israeli military operation after 326 days in captivity, was held for several months alone in the dark and given little food.

After he returned to Israel, Alkadi underwent a preliminary medical examination and met with his family. Similarly to other hostages rescued by the military or released in the November exchange deal, Alkadi was then debriefed by Israeli intelligence on his kidnapping and the conditions of his captivity.

Alkadi said in his debriefing that he had been held alone in recent months, reported Israel's Army Radio. He said that earlier on in his captivity, he was kept together with another hostage whose identity was not revealed in the report. That hostage died while in captivity with Alkadi, who said in his debriefing that it was one of his breaking points while he was held in Gaza.

Alkadi, 52, a father of 11, was kidnapped by Hamas on Oct. 7 when he was working as a guard at a packaging factory at Kibbutz Magen, close to the border with Gaza. Dozens of Hamas assailants attacked Magen that day, but after a seven-hour battle, members of the kibbutz managed to stave off the assault. Two members of the kibbutz were killed in the fighting. Alkadi was the only person to be kidnapped from Kibbutz Magen, likely because he was stationed outside the residential area near the factory — which was empty Saturday morning — at a distance from the scene of the fighting.