Shortly after the release of three other Israeli hostages from the violence of Islamist terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip, the first descriptions of the kidnapped people have become known.
The more than 16 months in the violence of the Islamists are a “very hard captivity, including physical abuse,” wrote the newspaper Times of Israel Referring to reports of several Israeli TV channels.
The hostage Strong had been tortured by Hamas when interrogated. The television station Channel 12 According to his body, his body has corresponding scars. The 36-year-old did not know all months whether his family had survived the massacre on October 7, 2023. Only shortly before his release, his kidnappers had told him that his wife gave birth to a daughter, the broadcaster reported Can.
Weight loss, poor medical care
A video, which was spread by the Israeli army after his release, showed Dekel-Schen in the arms of his crying wife, who also told him the name of the daughter: Shachar Mazal. The 29-year-old Alexander (sascha) Trufanov Again, until the release, did not know that his father was killed in the massacre on October 7, it said. He broke out into tears when he learned it from representatives of the Israeli army.
As the Times of Israel Furthermore reported, the one who was also released lost Iair Horn (46) During the captivity, dozens of kilograms of weight and was hardly medical cared for. All three hostages are most of the time in The tunnel in Khan Younis was captured in the south of the Gaza Strip, just a few hundred meters from their houses in Kibbuz Nir Oz removed. They often suffered hunger, but also learned Arabic during captivity. The three men were released according to the ceasefire agreement on Saturday in exchange for 369 detained Palestinians.