US Edition‘That people are still there haunts me in the night’: Former Hamas hostage says ordeal won’t truly end until everyone is home
GAZA, ISRAEL, JUL 17 – Or Levy endured 491 days in harsh captivity and urges a ceasefire to bring all hostages home as 82% of Israelis support ending the conflict, activists say.
- On October 7, 2023, Hamas captured Or Levy during the bomb shelter attack, holding him underground for 491 days, shocking the world with his return.
- Levy began mourning after learning of his wife’s fate, as he suspected she was killed in the October 7, 2023 attacks, and started the grieving process.
- Focusing on hope, Levy survived captivity by focusing on his son, then celebrated Almog’s fourth birthday two weeks ago.
- Levy says his ordeal won’t truly end until all hostages are home, noting that stalled ceasefire negotiations often worsen their treatment.
- An overwhelming majority demands end of war and hostage returns, and Levy said, `I know that we need to push on to get a deal that gets everyone home and finish everything.
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Freed hostage Doron Steinbrecher recalls a terrorist bullet nearly missed her head while she hid
Steinbrecher: “In captivity, I had no hope, but in the end, I came back … There can’t be a reality where they don’t come back. It doesn’t make sense.” By Vered Weiss, World Israel News Freed hostage Doron Steinbrecher shared the chilling story of her abduction on October 7th and how she narrowly missed getting shot in the head before she was kidnapped from her home in Kfar Aza. In a candid interview with Yedioth Ahronot, Steinbrecher recalls tha…
'They shot the bed — and missed my head': Doron Steinbrecher recounts Hamas abduction
Steinbrecher, held for 471 days in Gaza, breaks her silence about captivity, the moment she was taken, and her anger at Israel's failure to bring others home; 'We’re screaming. We were there. Why won’t anyone listen?'
'Defeating Hamas and total victory is conditional on the hostages' return'
Zviki Tessler, chairman of Nir Oz, tells Haaretz that the kibbutz can't make a recovery until the nine members still held captive by Hamas are returned. 'If there's a deal in which all the hostages are returned, our ability to rebuild will get a significant boost,' he says
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