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Now freed, an Israeli hostage describes the 'hell' of harrowing Hamas assault, frightening capture
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Yocheved Lifschitz spoke a day after Hamas released her and another hostage. Lifschitz's husband remains a hostage in Gaza. She was among the more than 200 Israelis and foreigners taken hostage on Oct. 7 by Hamas militants.
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An Israeli 85-year-old freed by Palestinian militant group Hamas said Tuesday she "went through hell" during her abduction, but was treated well during more than two weeks held captive in Gaza.Yocheved Lifshitz was a resident of Nir Oz kibbutz, one of the Israeli communities near the Gaza Strip whic…
Eighty-five year-old Yocheved Lifshitz spoke of a "hell that we never knew before and never thought we would experience" as she described the harrowing assault on her kibbutz by Hamas militants and the terror of being taken hostage into the Gaza Strip.
By Heather Chen, Amir Tal, Sophie Jeong and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN (CNN) — An Israeli hostage released by Hamas has described her ordeal after she was kidnapped by gunmen and taken into a tunnel system in Gaza during the Palestinian militant group’s deadly assault in Israel on October 7, saying …
JERUSALEM (AP) — Eighty-five-year-old Yocheved Lifshitz spoke of a “hell that we never knew before and never thought we would experience” as she described the harrowing Oct. 7 assault on her kibbutz by Hamas militants and the terror of being taken hostage into the Gaza Strip.
One of the two Israeli hostages released from Hamas custody described being kidnapped from her kibbutz by gunmen and taken to a tunnel in Gaza. "I went through hell," Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, said on Tuesday. Follow here for the latest updates.
Yocheved Lifshitz "went through hell" when abducted by Hamas, the 85-year-old Israeli said Tuesday, recounting her experience before being released from Gaza and criticising her government for failing to prevent the October 7 attack.
Yocheved Lifschitz spoke a day after Hamas released her and another hostage. Lifschitz's husband remains a hostage in Gaza. She was among the more than 200 Israelis and foreigners taken hostage on Oct. 7 by Hamas militants.
In a remarkable press conference given the day after her release, Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, described how Hamas descended on her kibbutz near Gaza, tied her up, threw her over a motorcycle and beat her.
Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, said Hamas fighters were “very kind” and “took care of all of our needs” after she was kidnapped, beaten and taken through a labyrinth of underground tunnels.
The release of Yocheved Lifshitz shines a light of hope amidst the grim backdrop of ongoing conflict, amplifying pleas for the urgent liberation of remaining captives.
Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, released Monday, describes hell as terrorists rampaged in kibbutz; abductors beat her on way to Gaza; was taken into 'spiderweb' of tunnels, treated with care
An elderly woman who was taken hostage by Hamas terrorists earlier this month was released Monday night. She claimed she was beaten and forced to walk for multiple hours in Hamas' underground web of tunnels in Gaza. Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, was released on Monday, along with Nurit Cooper, 79.
One of the two Israeli hostages released yesterday said she was treated well by Hamas after going through "hell" when she and her husband were abducted from
Yochaved Lifshitz, 85, says she "went through hell" being taken hostage by Hamas, but after 2 weeks in captivity, she shook one of the militants' hands.
Yocheved Lifschitz, 85, who was taken hostage by Hamas and released Monday, said she was hit with sticks during the abduction but was later told by her captors she wouldn’t be harmed.
JERUSALEM >> Eighty-five-year-old Yocheved Lifshitz spoke of a “hell that we never knew before and never thought we would experience” as she described the harrowing Oct. 7 assault on her kibbutz by Hamas militants and the terror of being taken hostage into the Gaza Strip.
JERUSALEM (AP) — Eighty-five-year-old Yocheved Lifshitz spoke of a “hell that we never knew before and never thought we would experience” as she described the harrowing
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