Yocheved Lifshitz, one of two hostages recently freed by Hamas, has described her ordeal after being kidnapped by the Palestinian militant group in the brazen October 7 attack, saying she “went through hell.”

With her daughter kneeling by the side of her wheelchair, the frail 85-year-old grandmother on Tuesday recalled the moment she was abducted by gunmen on motorbikes after militants broke into her home in the kibbutz Nir Oz.

“It was difficult but we will get through this,” Lifshitz told reporters at a news conference at the Tel Aviv hospital where she has been recovering since being freed.

  • @Thagor@lemmy.ml
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    01 year ago

    Also one of the problems is that both PNA and Hamas are massively corrupt and not interested in actually improving the lot of ordinary Palestinians.

    • NoneOfUrBusiness
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      51 year ago

      While I don’t trust any non-democratically elected government to actually prioritize their citizens, especially not one in the middle East, there’s also just not much they can do. Gaza is a ghetto under blockade and the West Bank is a Buntustan. It’s Israel who holds all the power and they’re very much happy with the current situation.

      • @Thagor@lemmy.ml
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        -11 year ago

        How about they don’t line pockets and care for their people, Hamas are criminals. Its a sad reality that none of the involved parties care about palestine people.