Keren, mother of Mia Shem, and representatives of the families of the abducted and missing people held by Hamas militants in Gaza hold a press conference after Hamas released a video showing the 21-year-old Israeli. AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg
- Israeli hostage Mia Shem was operated on in Gaza, her aunt claimed.
- Shem was released by Hamas on Thursday as part of a deal with Israel.
- In a video after her release, Schem said people had been “very kind” to her during her captivity.
The aunt of released Israeli hostage Mia Shem said a veterinarian operated on her while Hamas held her in Gaza.
“She’s finally with us,” Vivian Hadar, Shem’s aunt, told The Jerusalem Post. “She was traumatized. She is thin and weak. A vet operated on her hand. She underwent physical therapy herself.”
Shem was one of an estimated 240 people taken hostage by Hamas during the unprecedented October 7 terrorist attacks.
The 21-year-old was attending the Supernova music festival near the Gaza border when Hamas militants stormed it, killing hundreds of attendees and capturing several, including Shem, who was shot in the hand.
After Shem was taken hostage, Hamas released a video showing her lying down while an off-camera person wrapped bandages around her right arm.
Israeli-French tattoo artist Schem was released on Thursday along with another woman, with six others following later.
More than 100 hostages have been released in recent days, most of them as part of a temporary ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
In a video posted on social media during her release, Schem can be seen sitting in a van and talking about her time in captivity. It is unclear whether she was still in Gaza and a Hamas prisoner at the time the video was recorded.
“The people are very good, very nice to me,” she said. “The food is good, the friendliness and everything is good.”
As the hostages returned home, conflicting information about their experiences in Gaza leaked out.
Hamas said it treated the hostages humanely, in accordance with Islamic teachings.
Many of the hostages were filmed waving and shaking hands with their Hamas captors as they were released and handed over to the Red Cross.
However, there were also reports from IDF and hostage family members that hostages were beaten and threatened.
The director of METIV: The Israel Psychotrauma Center, Danny Brom, said some of the released hostages require medical treatment, but others do not.
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