Their Loved Ones Returned From Gaza. But These Families' Ordeal Isn't Over
Former hostages say release has made small routines feel precious, while 251 people were taken in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack and dozens did not survive.
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They were abducted and detained for weeks, months or years – in the homes of their kidnappers or in Hamas tunnels, while the war raged over them. Three years after October 7, former Israeli hostages give insight into their lives after the imprisonment.
Their loved ones returned from Gaza. But these families' ordeal isn't over
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The Straits TimesFor freed Israeli hostages, every moment is now precious
By Shir Torem and Hannah ConfinoTEL AVIV, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Taken with their children or alone. Held for weeks, months or years. Confined in captors' homes or Hamas tunnels as war raged above them. Israeli former hostages seized on October 7 say they now cherish even the smallest moments of freedom.Hamas' October 7, 2023, attack was Israel's single deadliest day. The militants rampaged through villages, a music festival and army bases, killing 1…
They are free, but the ordeal is far from over. The intense joy over the return of the Israeli hostages from the terror tunnels of Gaza is slowly fading, as is the happiness at the reunion with families and friends. What remains three years after that horrific day on October 7 is a long process of rehabilitation, processing trauma, and above all: finding a place in society again.
They experienced Hamas' atrocities against their own people, endured torture in the underground tunnels of Gaza, and today every moment of freedom is...
AGI - Young, old, men, women and even children, 251 in all: their images as they are dragged to Gaza by Hamas terrorists on motorcycles, cars and pickups on the morning of October 7, 2023 have traveled around the world. For just over a year, the nightmare of the hostages ended, with the release of the last 20 alive, while the body of the 24-year-old Ran Gvili returned to Israel only last January, putting an end to this painful odyssey that marke…
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