I went through hell, says 85-year-old hostage released by Hamas

1. Yocheved Lifschitz – one of two hostages freed by Hamas on Monday – says: “I went through hell, that I could not have known”
2. Speaking to the media with her daughter from a hospital in Tel Aviv, the 85-year-old described how she was kidnapped by Hamas gunmen on motorbikes
3. Lifschitz and her fellow captives were hit with sticks and taken into a “spider’s web” of underground tunnels, her daughter said
4. They slept on mattresses on the floor and were given the same food as their Hamas captors – white cheese and cucumbers
5. Lifschitz and Nurit Cooper were released last night but their husbands are still being held with more than 200 other hostages that remain in Gaza
6. Israel continued its heavy bombing of Gaza overnight – the Hamas-run health ministry says 5,000 have been killed since 7 October
7. More than 1,400 were killed in the attacks on Israel by Hamas gunmen who raided communities near the border, targeting civilians

Source: BBC