Galei Tzahal military correspondent Doron Kadosh reported that IDF forces found Farhan Al-Qadi in a tunnel in the Gaza Strip by chance and the operation to rescue him was not planned.
The report added, citing two security forces, that Al-Qadi escaped his captors on his own and reached IDF forces who found and rescued him from the tunnel. The exact circumstances of the escape are still unknown, his captors were apparently eliminated or fled.