1 of 1 Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, one of the hostages released by Hamas during an appearance at a hospital in Tel Aviv, on October 24, 2023 Photo: Janis Laizans/Portal Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, one of the hostages released by Hamas during an appearance released hostages appear in a hospital in Tel Aviv, on October 24, 2023 Photo: Janis Laizans/Portal
Lisfshitz was the one first hostage to speak publicly after being released since the beginning of the war between the terrorist group and Israel.
She told journalists this on Tuesday (24) in a hospital in Tel Aviv She was attacked and put on the back of a motorcycle when she was capturedin the kibbutz in southern Israel where he lives, one of the kibbutz attacked by the terrorist group during the Hamas attacks on October 7th.
When she arrived in Gaza, she was kidnapped along with another group of hostages Tangled tunnels controlled by Hamas and where she spent the 15 days she was kidnapped. She was released on Monday along with another Israeli, also older.
Hamas is holding more than 200 hostages and has already released four of them following negotiations brokered by Qatar and Egypt.
Once in captivity, the older woman also stated was attacked with sticks but later received medical attention. After the initial violence, the Israeli woman said she was treated well. He said that it was both the hostages and the criminals who were watching them fed cheese and cucumbers almost every day.
“I went through hell. We didn’t think we could get through this situation,” the elderly woman said, according to her daughter, who translated her mother’s speech from Hebrew to English.
Lisfshitz also said he believed Israel “did not take Hamas’ threats seriously.”
More than 200 people were kidnapped by terrorists when gunmen carried out the Hamas attack in southern Israel on October 7 In addition, 1,402 people died on Israeli soil.
A Most of the hostages are Israelis, but according to the Israeli Defense Forces, the hostages also include citizens of the United States, the United Kingdom, Ukraine, Italy and Brazil. Itamaraty says he has received no communication about Brazilians among those abducted.
On Monday, as the two elderly women were released, spokesman for Hamas’s military wing, Abu Obeida, said that on Friday Israel had rejected an offer from the terror group to release them in exchange for demands. Nevertheless, the terrorists decided to release them “for urgent humanitarian reasons,” he said.
The Israeli government had not commented on the alleged refusal as of the last update to this story.
“We from the AlQassam Brigades, through EgyptianQatari mediation, released the two prisoners (…), knowing that the enemy has refused to accept their receipt since last Friday and is still neglecting their prisoners’ files. We decided to release them on humanitarian grounds despite the occupation’s crimes,” Abu Obeida said.
The USA urges caution in Gaza
According to the Portal news agency, the authorities of The United States called on Israel on Monday (23) to exercise caution in a possible invasion of the Gaza Strip.
Asked about the possibility of a ceasefire, US President Joe Biden said: “We should release these hostages and then we can talk.”
Hamas terrorists free two Israeli hostages