Now Freed, an Israeli Hostage Describes the ‘Hell’ of Harrowing Hamas Attack and Terrifying Capture

Now Freed, an Israeli Hostage Describes the ‘Hell’ of Harrowing Hamas Attack and Terrifying Capture
Yocheved Lifshitz, who was held hostage in Gaza, speaks to members of the press a day after being released by Hamas terrorists, at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Oct. 24, 2023. Ariel Schalit/AP
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JERUSALEM—Eighty-five-year-old Yocheved Lifshitz spoke of a “hell that we never knew before and never thought we would experience” as she described the harrowing Oct. 7 assault on her kibbutz by Hamas militants and the terror of being taken hostage into the Gaza Strip.

Ms. Lifshitz was the first of the four hostages released so far to speak of their experience, from the initial attack through the more than two weeks of captivity.