We are starting to hear details from the hostages, and they describe what amounts to torture. I am not going to detail everything we hear, just what was published by the families themselves. Here are some harrowing stories:
*A 9-year-old girl believed she was kidnapped for a year and still whispers due to threats from her Hamas kidnappers.
*3-year-old twins were released without their dad, after Hamas attempted to free them alone while their mother remained captive.
*A 12-year-old, kidnapped alone after his father was shot, was beaten by Gaza residents and forced at gunpoint by Hamas to watch videos of their murder spree and massacres.
*Remember the red-haired babies kidnapped with their mother? The Bibas family wasn't released. Hamas claims they can't reach them, and reports suggest they were traded within the Gaza strip to another faction.
*Two hostages were murdered in Gaza: Noa Marziano (killed in Shifa hospital by Hamas, with the complicity of medical staff), and Yehudit Vice, a cancer patient kidnapped and murdered by Hamas near Shifa hospital.
*The Israeli Health Ministry reports that elderly women kidnapped by Hamas lost between 8-15 kg on average, amounting to starvation.
There more details to come, some harrowing. These testimonies indicate war crimes and the torture of children and adults who, at times, lost their family to the mass murder committed by Hamas. Comparing the release of Palestinian prisoners, who enjoyed internationally lawful conditions including regular ICRC visits, to 3-year-old girls who witnessed their parents' murder and were held against their will, is either a case of severe misinformation or sheer malice.
The stories are just beginning to emerge.
I appreciate I normally broadcast on health and I’m somewhat distracted right now
It’s a very uncomfortable and painful time to be Jewish right now. None of us sleep.
Our friends and family in Israel have been murdered kidnapped and raped.
Some people we regard as friends and family here have made excuses for this, gaslit us and victim blamed our child hostages. People I have laughed with in tv studios and on here.
We thought the #corbyn days were bad.
I truly think now I feel worse.
Sick every day.
Sleepless every night.
The only march I’ve been on before has been for #pride but today I’ll march with @antisemitism because we have no other choice.
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Today, we're sharing the stories of the innocent children who are being held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza.
Kfir (10 months) and Ariel (4) Bibas, their mother Shiri and father Yarden were kidnapped on October 7 and are being held hostage in Gaza.
BRING THE BIBAS FAMILY HOME!
#ForEveryChild
Thank you @IJasonAlexander for sharing Ohad’s story and for being his voice.
9 year old Ohad Zichri is being held hostage in Gaza.
Please share this and help us bring him home.
#BringThemBackHomeNow
Believe Israeli women
Believe Israeli women
Believe Israeli women
Believe Israeli women
Believe Israeli women
Believe Israeli women
Believe Israeli women
Believe Israeli women
Believe Israeli women
#BelieveIsraeliWomen#MeToo_UNless_UR_a_Jew
Join me tonight at 11pm @andrejpwalker Show on @TalkTV where I talk about the personal motivation behind my speech tomorrow at The Christian Action Against Anti Semitism Rally at 4pm outside Downing Street.
There is also the network premiere of this video x
Look at this image. Look at her blood-soaked pants. Look at her right ankle, where they slashed her Achilles so that she couldn’t run from her rapists. Let the image sear into your mind. Then realize that these people have promised to carry out such attacks again and again.
No f’in ceasefire until these monsters are completely destroyed.
Dear "Women's rights organizations" and "activists" who have been SILENT since October 7th.
When you say "believe women" you really mean "believe women unless they're Israeli."
When you say #MeToo you really mean "but not you (you're Israeli)."
When you say "your body, your choice" you really mean "but Israeli women had it coming to them."
We the women of Israel will not be silent.
#BelieveIsraeliWomen #NoExcuses
“The Jewish machine is so strong. It doesn’t allow you to talk.”
An antisemite assumes this taxi driver will agree with her hate.
Taxi driver: “Right you can get the f**k out of my cab. Out!”
More ppl need to stand up for Jews. Well done that man.