Grandmother released by Hamas ‘very sharp’ and ‘keen to share information’
1 year, 5 months ago

Grandmother released by Hamas ‘very sharp’ and ‘keen to share information’

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A grandmother released as a hostage by Hamas militants is “very sharp and is very keen” to share information, her daughter has said, as efforts continue to free the other captives and supply aid to Palestinians. Speaking from Tel Aviv, Mrs Lifshitz said she was beaten with sticks after being snatched from her home before being held in a “spider web” of tunnels under Gaza. As she was released to Red Cross officials, Mrs Lifshitz was seen reaching back to shake the hand of one of the Palestinian militants as she said “Shalom”, a greeting in Hebrew meaning peace. “We have so many people that we’ve lost – it is a little ray of light but there is a huge darkness as well.” Ms Lifschitz said she and her mother still dream of peace with the Palestinians, even as an expected ground invasion of Gaza by Israel threatens sparking a wider war in the region.

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Daughter of one of the oldest Israeli hostages hopes for answers in ceasefire deal
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Daughter of one of the oldest Israeli hostages hopes for answers in ceasefire deal

Associated Press  

LONDON — Sharone Lifschitz is well aware that the odds are against her 84-year-old father. As one of the oldest hostages taken by Hamas, Oded Lifshitz would be among the first to be released under a ceasefire deal expected to begin Sunday. “I have to say that we are prepared.’’ About 100 hostages remain unaccounted for in Gaza, including 62 …

Freed Israeli hostage says she met a Hamas leader in a tunnel, where she was kept in dire conditions
1 year, 2 months ago

Freed Israeli hostage says she met a Hamas leader in a tunnel, where she was kept in dire conditions

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — A 72-year-old Israeli woman held captive by Hamas militants for nearly 50 days told an Israeli TV channel Wednesday that she was held at length in a dark, humid tunnel where she met a Hamas leader and helped pass the time with an informal lecture series by her knowledgeable fellow hostages. It also sheds new light on the …

American-Israeli grandmother confirmed dead in Hamas attacks
1 year, 3 months ago

American-Israeli grandmother confirmed dead in Hamas attacks

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Judy Weinstein, 70, was “fatally wounded” on an …

First testimonies shed light on the conditions endured by Hamas’ Israeli hostages
1 year, 4 months ago

First testimonies shed light on the conditions endured by Hamas’ Israeli hostages

CNN  

CNN — For more than six weeks, the conditions in which the Israeli hostages captured by Hamas were being held in Gaza were virtually unknown to the outside world. Adva Adar, whose 85-year-old grandmother Yafa was among those released in the first exchange of hostages for Palestinian detainees, said her family “were asked to let share whatever she feels comfortable …

‘I’ll believe it when I see it’: Father of girl kidnapped by Hamas shares doubts over hostage release
1 year, 4 months ago

‘I’ll believe it when I see it’: Father of girl kidnapped by Hamas shares doubts over hostage release

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Emily Hand, 9, kidnapped from …

Yocheved Lifshitz: Released Israeli hostage offers first picture of being held captive by Hamas in Gaza
1 year, 5 months ago

Yocheved Lifshitz: Released Israeli hostage offers first picture of being held captive by Hamas in Gaza

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy An 85-year-old Israeli hostage released …

The hand of peace from Israeli hostage, 85, who 'went through hell' for 16 days that shames Hamas killers
1 year, 5 months ago

The hand of peace from Israeli hostage, 85, who 'went through hell' for 16 days that shames Hamas killers

Daily Mail  

A frail grandmother has become an overnight symbol of bravery after her release by Hamas. After being released, grandmother Yocheved Lifshitz shook hands with one of her captors and looked him in the eye before saying 'shalom' The 84-year-old said that she had been 'treated very nicely' by terrorists who held her for 16 days and had daily visits from …

British relatives of hostages being held in Gaza call on the world to 'bring them home' after Briton's elderly mother is released by Hamas
1 year, 5 months ago

British relatives of hostages being held in Gaza call on the world to 'bring them home' after Briton's elderly mother is released by Hamas

Daily Mail  

A frail grandmother has become an overnight symbol of bravery after her release by Hamas. Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, shaking hands with a member of Hamas as she is released to the Red Cross in an unknown location Yocheved Lifschitz, 85, speaks with the media next to her daughter Sharone Lifschitz at the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center - Ichilov in …

Now freed, an Israeli hostage describes the ‘hell’ of harrowing Hamas attack and terrifying capture
1 year, 5 months ago

Now freed, an Israeli hostage describes the ‘hell’ of harrowing Hamas attack and terrifying capture

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — Eighty-five-year-old Yocheved Lifshitz spoke of a “hell that we never knew before and never thought we would experience” as she described the harrowing Oct. 7 assault on her kibbutz by Hamas militants and the terror of being taken hostage into the Gaza Strip. “Masses swarmed our houses, beat people, and some were taken hostage,” said Lifshitz, speaking softly …

Israeli granny freed by Hamas says was beaten by abductors
1 year, 5 months ago

Israeli granny freed by Hamas says was beaten by abductors

Firstpost  

However, she said, once in Gaza, she was treated well during her more than two weeks as captive An Israeli 85-year-old freed by Palestinian terrorist group Hamas said Tuesday she was beaten during her abduction, then treated well during more than two weeks held captive in Gaza. “The guys beat me on the way, they didn’t break my ribs but …

Israeli woman, 85, who wished 'peace' on her Hamas captors reveals the degrading abuse they inflicted on her that left her struggling to breathe... but could not strip her of her love for fellow man
1 year, 5 months ago

Israeli woman, 85, who wished 'peace' on her Hamas captors reveals the degrading abuse they inflicted on her that left her struggling to breathe... but could not strip her of her love for fellow man

Daily Mail  

An elderly woman who wished 'peace' on her Hamas captors has revealed the degrading abuse they inflicted on her while being held hostage for 16 days in Gaza. Yocheved went back and shook a Hamas terrorist's hand Yocheved said she shook the hand of the Hamas terrorist because they 'treated us very nicely' Nurit Yitzhak and Yocheved Lifshitz arrive at …

Biden, others, welcome the release of an American mother and daughter held hostage by Hamas
1 year, 5 months ago

Biden, others, welcome the release of an American mother and daughter held hostage by Hamas

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy U.S. President Joe Biden …

Israel says two Americans held hostage by Hamas, a mother and daughter, have been released
1 year, 5 months ago

Israel says two Americans held hostage by Hamas, a mother and daughter, have been released

Associated Press  

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — Hamas on Friday freed an American woman and her teenage daughter who had been held hostage in Gaza, Israel said, the first such release from among the roughly 200 people the militant group abducted from Israel during its Oct. 7 rampage. Qatar said it would continue its dialogue with Israel and Hamas in hopes of …

Please save us. I don't know where to run. They're shouting 'Die Israel'! The harrowing last text messages desperate Israelis sent their loved ones before they were either slaughtered or kidnapped by
1 year, 5 months ago

Please save us. I don't know where to run. They're shouting 'Die Israel'! The harrowing last text messages desperate Israelis sent their loved ones before they were either slaughtered or kidnapped by

Daily Mail  

The harrowing last text messages desperate Israelis sent to their loved ones before they were either slaughtered or kidnapped by Hamas have been revealed. Lianne Shirabi sent a panicked text to her sister-in-law saying she could hear members of the terrorist group 'shooting and shouting 'Die Israel''' before begging her to call for help Yahel's heartbroken family this afternoon paid …

Family’s desperate plea for Israeli grandmother held hostage by Hamas on golf cart
1 year, 5 months ago

Family’s desperate plea for Israeli grandmother held hostage by Hamas on golf cart

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “We’re very scared for her, she’s ill, and of …

Hamas terrorists post murder of Israeli grandmother on her Facebook page
1 year, 5 months ago

Hamas terrorists post murder of Israeli grandmother on her Facebook page

The Telegraph  

Sharon Lifschitz, 52, a lecturer in visual arts at the University of East London, whose elderly parents lived in the kibbutz, said news of the massacre left her in “total shock”. Ms Lifschitz said when the attack commenced shortly after 6.30am, she heard through family that her parents were heading to a bomb shelter, giving her “hope” that they were …

For years, Israelis trusted the army to defend and inform them. Now many feel abandoned
1 year, 5 months ago

For years, Israelis trusted the army to defend and inform them. Now many feel abandoned

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — It was, they thought, an ironclad social contract. That contract was shattered Saturday when hundreds of Hamas militants breached Israel’s defenses from the Gaza Strip, pouring in by air, land and sea on a rampage that would leave hundreds dead. And for hours, “there was no one to talk to.” He’s particularly concerned for his aunt, who has …

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