Yocheved Lifshitz has described her ordeal after being kidnapped by the Palestinian militant group, saying she "went through hell".
Yocheved Lifshitz, one of two hostages recently freed by Hamas, has described her ordeal after being kidnapped by the Palestinian militant group in the brazen October 7 attack, saying she "went through hell".
Hamas released Lifshitz and her neighbour and friend Nurit Cooper, 79, on Monday, and later they were reunited with family members who rushed to their bedside at Ichilov hospital in Tel Aviv. More than a quarter of the Nir Oz community are dead or remain missing after the Hamas terror attack on October 7, which killed more than 1400 people in barbaric raids, triggering Israeli reprisals that threaten to tip into regional conflict.
Yocheved's daughter Sharone previously told CNN she was "delighted" about her mother's release but fears for her father and others being held. "It was difficult but we will get through this," Lifshitz told reporters at a news conference at the Tel Aviv hospital where she has been recovering since being freed.
"They will stay with us tonight and tomorrow," Uziel said in a video released by the hospital shortly after the women's arrival.
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