As we reported yesterday, a 21-year-old Yazidi woman kidnapped by so-called Islamic State a decade ago has been freed from Gaza after a secret operation involving Israel, the US and Iraq.

Some more details are emerging – including a picture released by the Iraqi Foreign Ministry.

According to Reuters news agency, the chief of staff of Iraq’s foreign minister Silwan Sinjaree said she was freed after more than four months of trying.

Several attempts failed because of Israel’s offensive in the enclave, he added.

Identified as Fawzia Sido, Mr Sinjaree said she was in good physical condition but had been traumatised by her time in captivity and the dire humanitarian situation.

Israeli diplomat David Saranaga shared a clip of her reunited with loved ones.

Fawzia, a Yazidi girl kidnapped by ISIS from Iraq and brought to Gaza at just 11 years old, has finally been rescued by the Israeli security forces.

For years, she was held captive by a Palestinian Hamas-ISIS member.

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The Yazidis are a Kurdish-speaking religious group indigenous to Kurdistan –  which is a geographical region that includes parts of Syria, Turkey, Iraq and Iran.

More than 6,000 Yazidis were captured by so-called Islamic State militants from Iraq in 2014, with many sold into sexual slavery.

More than 3,500 have been rescued or freed over the years, according to Iraqi authorities, but about 2,600 remain missing.