An aunt of Avigail Idan, the girl who was taken hostage by Hamas after she saw her parents brutally killed and who turned 4 a few days before being released, says that her niece shared one piece of pita bread per day with four others, and did not have a shower or bath during her …
Freed Israeli Hostages Feel Cycles of Emotion After Captivity, Families Say
Family members who were captured during the Hamas-led terrorist attacks on Oct. 7 who have now been freed are experiencing bursts of euphoria followed by emotional crashes as they emerge from weeks of paralyzing fear in captivity, according to Israelis who spoke to journalists at the Israeli Embassy in London on Tuesday. “Everything is just …
Freed Israeli Hostages Tell Relatives of Their Time in Captivity
A mother released from captivity in Gaza with her young son told relatives that they had slept on chairs pushed together. An 85-year-old grandmother from a different family described counting the days to keep track of time. On Sunday, two days after the first group of 13 hostages was released and brought back to Israel, …