'They Were Very Friendly': Freed Hostage Yocheved Lifshitz Says Hamas Militants Took Care of All Needs of Hostages, Slams IDF for Not Taking 'Warning' Seriously (Watch Videos)
Yocheved Lifshitz, freed from Hamas, also said she shook hands with a Hamas gunman "because they treated us very nicely". She also said that there were people in Hamas who took care of all their needs.
Amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, Yocheved Lifshitz, an Israeli hostage freed recently by Hamas, on Tuesday, October 24, criticised the Israel Defence Forces. Speaking to the media, Yocheved Lifshitz slammed the IDF for not taking Hamas' previous "warning" seriously enough. Her daughter Sharone Lifschitz said it was "wonderful" to have her mother home, as she hoped that all hostages return to their homes. Revealing details of her time as a hostage, Yocheved Lifshitz said, "Each person had a guard watching him or her. They took care of all the needs. They talked about all kinds of things, they were very friendly." Yocheved Lifshitz, freed from Hamas, also said she shook hands with a Hamas gunman "because they treated us very nicely". She also said that there were people in Hamas who took care of all their needs. Israel-Hamas War: Israel Defence Forces Says It Struck Over 400 Terrorist Targets in Past 24 Hours.
Yocheved Lifshitz Details on Being Held Hostage by Hamas
"Each person had a guard watching him or her. They took care of all the needs. They talked about all kinds of things, they were very friendly."
Yocheved Lifshitz details what it was like while being held hostage by Hamas.
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Yocheved Lifshitz Criticises IDF
Freed hostage Yocheved Lifshitz criticises the IDF for not taking a previous "warning" from Hamas seriously enough.
Her daughter Sharone Lifschitz says it's "wonderful" to have her mother home and they hope for all the hostages to return.https://t.co/7LSc74HPID
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Yocheved Lifshitz Recounts Her Experience
"They gave us pitta bread, hard cheese, some low fat cream cheese, and cucumber and that was our food for the entire day."
Freed Hamas hostage Yocheved Lifshitz recounts her experience saying "there were people there who took care of all the needs."
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They Treated Us Very Nicely
When asked what she meant by the gesture of shaking a Hamas gunman's hand, freed hostage Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, says 'because they treated us very nicely'.
"They seemed really prepared and had concealed it for a long time," she added.
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