hostage-rescue mission
military or police operation for rescuing/liberating individuals who are held hostage
Operation Tocsin
1992 hostage crisis and rescue mission in Kazakhstan
Entebbe raid
1976 counter-terrorist hostage rescue mission by the Israel Defense Forces
Operation Dragon Rouge
1964 hostage rescue operation in the Congo Crisis
Operation Barras
2000 military hostage rescue operation
Gold Hand operation
The rescue of the abductees Fernando Simon Marman and Louis Har, from captives in Rafah on the night of February 12, 2024