TEL AVIV: An Israeli 85-year-old freed by Palestinian militant group Hamas mentioned on Tuesday (Oct 24) she was overwhelmed throughout her abduction, then handled nicely throughout greater than two weeks held captive in Gaza.
“The fellows beat me on the best way, they did not break my ribs however damage me there very a lot,” Yocheved Lifshitz mentioned a day after her launch.
“They handled us nicely,” she informed media at a Tel Aviv hospital, explaining a health care provider visited her and fellow hostages each two to a few days and offered medicines.
Lifshitz was a resident of Nir Oz kibbutz, one of many Israeli communities close to the Gaza Strip which Hamas militants attacked on Oct 7.
Her husband, additionally in his 80s, is amongst greater than 200 hostages nonetheless being held in Gaza.
“They handled us gently, and offered all our wants,” she mentioned, when requested why she reached out to shake the hand of a militant the second she was freed.