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re: U.S Vetoes Israel Cease-Fire as Innocent Palestinians Stripped & Paraded in Gaza
Inside Horrific Conditions Hamas Hostages Suffered Including Losing 15lbs in 50 Days
Family members of Israeli hostages have spoken about the conditions their loved ones were kept in for seven weeks while being held captive by Hamas in Gaza after being kidnapped
BBC 27 NOV 2023
Plastic chairs as beds. Meals of bread and rice. Hours spent waiting for the bathroom. As former hostages return to Israel after seven weeks of Hamas captivity, information about the conditions of their confinement has emerged.
The 58 hostages freed under a cease-fire deal over the past three days have largely stayed out of the public eye, with most still in hospitals. Nearly two months after Hamas militants dragged them into Gaza during a bloody cross-border attack on Israel that also killed 1,200 people, most of the freed hostages appear to be in stable physical condition - but they endured horror conditions while in captivity.
Information about the conditions of their captivity has been tightly controlled, but family members of the released hostages have begun to share details about their loved ones’ experiences. Merav Raviv, whose three relatives were released by Hamas on Friday, said they had been fed irregularly and had eaten mainly rice and bread.
She said her cousin and aunt, Keren and Ruth Munder, had each lost around 7 kilograms (15 pounds) in just 50 days .Raviv said she’d heard from her freed family members that they had slept on rows of chairs pushed together in a room that looked like a reception area.
They said they sometimes had to wait hours before going to the bathroom. Adva Adar, the grandchild of 85-year-old released hostage Yaffa Adar, said her grandmother had also lost weight.
“She counted the days of her captivity,” Adar said. “She came back and she said, ’I know that I’ve been there for 50 days.’” Adar said that her grandmother was taken captive convinced that her family members were dead, only to emerge to the news that they had survived. Still, her release was bittersweet: She also found out that her house had been ravaged by militants.
“For an 85-year-old woman, usually you have your house where you raised your kids, you have your memories, your photo albums, your clothes,” said Adar. “She has nothing, and in her old age she needs to start over. She mentioned that it is tough for her.”
In the 50 days since the hostages were taken captive, Israel has devastated the Gaza Strip with a ground and air offensive that has killed at least 13,300 Palestinians, according to the Health Ministry in the Hamas-ruled territory.
Under the current four-day cease-fire, Hamas has agreed to release a total of 50 Israeli hostages in exchange for Israel releasing 150 Palestinian security prisoners and ramping up aid to the pummeled enclave
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Hamas claims dozens of Israeli child hostages being held by unknown ‘gangs’ in Gaza
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