Hostages launched by Hamas have been describing their time in captivity, with one saying circumstances had been “suffocating”, with shortages of meals.
In among the first accounts to emerge amid the launch of greater than 50 hostages over the previous few days, individuals have spoken about what life was like after their kidnap on 7 October.
Ruthy Munder, 78, stated she spent everything of her time along with her daughter, Keren, and grandson, Ohad Munder-Zichri, who celebrated his ninth birthday in captivity.
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Speaking to Israel’s Channel 13, she stated they initially had been fed “chicken with rice, all sorts of canned food and cheese” and slept on plastic chairs.
They got tea within the morning and night, and the youngsters got sweets. But the menu modified when “the economic situation was not good, and people were hungry.”
Ms Munder’s husband, Avraham, additionally 78, was taken hostage too and stays in Gaza. Her son was killed within the Hamas assault.
Boys who had been there would keep up late chatting, she stated, whereas among the women would cry, she stated. Some boys slept on the ground.
Ms Munder stated she would get up late to assist move the time. The room the place she was held was “suffocating,” and the captives had been prevented from opening the blinds, however she managed to crack open a window.
“It was very difficult.”
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‘She was in full darkness’
Family members of different freed hostages spoke of their family members having to get used to their environment once more after spending a lot time in darkness in Hamas tunnels, the place it was suspected among the hostages had been being stored.
Eyal Nouri, the nephew of Adina Moshe, 72, who was freed on Friday after being kidnapped from her house in kibbutz Nir Oz, stated his aunt “had to adjust to the sunlight”.
“She was in complete darkness,” Mr Nouri stated. “She was walking with her eyes down because she was in a tunnel. She was not used to the daylight. And during her captivity, she was disconnected … from all the outside world.”
Two Israeli TV stations, Channels 12 and 13, reported that Hamas’ prime chief in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, visited hostages in a tunnel and guaranteed them they might not be harmed.
“You are safest here. Nothing will happen to you,” he was quoted as saying within the an identical reviews, which didn’t reveal the supply of the account.
The reviews from Israeli hostages come as freed Palestinian prisoners have complained of mistreatment.
Source: information.sky.com”