Mother and uncle of a US serviceman are rescued from Gaza in secret operation

 https://www.timesofisrael.com/mother-and-uncle-of-a-us-serviceman-are-rescued-from-gaza-in-secret-operation/#:~:text=Ragi%20A.%20Sckak%2C%2024%2C,on%20the%20ground%20in%20Gaza.

The mother and American uncle of a US service member are safe outside of Gaza after being rescued from the fighting in a secret operation coordinated by the US, Israel, Egypt and others, a US official told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

It is the only known operation of its kind to extract American citizens and their close family members during the months of devastating ground fighting and Israeli airstrikes in Gaza. The vast majority of people who have made it out of northern and central Gaza through the Rafah crossing into Egypt fled south in the initial weeks of the war. An escape from the heart of the Palestinian enclave through intense combat has become far more perilous and difficult since.