East African Gazette
Despite Netanyahu ‘s hatred of Hamas militants, Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, former Israeli hostage revealed, the group were “very friendly” and “very courteous.
Lifshitz, who surprised many in the international Community and media, noted that the movement provided her with protection and doctors to monitor her health.
“They treated us well,” she told the media at a Tel Aviv hospital after she was released.
She noted that each one of them, had some to guided her or him and they were divided into groups noting that we eat what Hamas group eat
Lifshitz was a resident of Nir Oz kibbutz, one of the Israeli communities near the Gaza Strip which Hamas militants attacked on October 7.
Her husband, also in his 80s, is among more than 200 hostages still being held in Gaza. “They treated us gently, and provided all our needs,” she said,
when asked why she reached out to shake the hand of a militant the moment she was freed. Lifshitz described her captives as “very friendly” and “very courteous” people who had organized well in advance for taking hostages.
“They seemed ready for this, they prepared for a long time, they had everything that men and women needed, including shampoo,” she told journalists. “We ate the same food they did – pitas with cream cheese, melted cheese, cucumbers. That was a meal for an entire day,” Lifshitz said.
The octogenarian was released alongside fellow Nir Oz resident Nurit Cooper, 79, three days after an American woman and her daughter were freed.
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