Pressure to release the hostages as part of a deal is mounting – particularly given the experiences of those abducted.
A narrow tiled room, perhaps ten square meters in size, with two fans and a plastic chair: Here, 20 meters deep in the Gaza Strip, Hamas terrorists, according to the findings of the Israeli army, temporarily held several Israeli hostages. “We saw five cells in which we estimated up to 20 hostages were being held at various times, with no daylight, almost no air, a lack of oxygen and appalling humidity,” the army said when releasing the photo recently.