Freed Israeli hostage speaks out about terrifying Hamas capture, describes 'spiderweb' of tunnels
Middle East,Israel Hamas Violence,Israel,Hamas
One of the two Israeli hostages released yesterday by Hamas is now speaking out about her time as a captive of the Palestinian terrorist group, describing a "spiderweb" of tunnels underneath the Gaza Strip where she was fed only one meal per day.
Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, was taken from Israel on Oct. 7 alongside her 83-year-old husband Oded, who still remains held inside the Gaza Strip. Lifshitz said civilians beat her once she was brought into Gaza before being moved into an extensive tunnel system where Hamas did provide hostages with some medicine and hygiene supplies, according to Fox News Foreign Correspondent Trey Yingst.
"My mom is telling the horrific stories. She is saying that many, many people -- a swarm of people came through the fence," her daughter, Sharone Lifschitz, told reporters in Tel Aviv on Tuesday, describing the moments in which Yocheved saw the Hamas militants approaching.
"My mom is saying she was taken on the back of a motor bike with her body with her legs on one side and her head on the other side," Sharone Lifschitz added. "That she was taken through the plow fields with men in front on one side and men behind her."
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