Yocheved Lifshitz filmed saying ‘shalom’, meaning ‘peace’, as she and Nurit Cooper, 79, were taken out of Gaza on Monday
The two women were taken out of Gaza at the Rafah crossing into Egypt, where they were put into ambulances, according to footage shown on Egyptian TV. The two women and their husbands were snatched from their homes in the kibbutz of Nir Oz near the Gaza border during Hamas’s rampage into southern Israeli communities on 7 October. Their husbands, who are 83 and 84, were not released.
On Monday, Hamas released a video showing the handover of Lifshitz and Cooper, with militants giving drinks and food to the dazed but composed women, and holding their hands as they are walked to Red Cross officials. Just before the video ends, Lifshitz reaches back to shake one militant’s hand. The videos were intended to shape the war’s narrative – with Israel focusing on Hamas’s brutality, and Hamas trying to show a humane side.
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