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    Freed Israeli hostage: Hamas kidnapping was 'hell'

    In a remarkable press conference given the day after her release, Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, described how Hamas descended on her kibbutz near Gaza, tied her up, threw her over a motorcycle and beat her.
    by Becky Sullivan Oct 24, 2023 3 minutes
    Israeli Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, described her kidnapping by Hamas in a remarkable press conference in Tel Aviv held the day after she was released.
    Updated October 24, 2023 at 11:32 AM ET

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    JERUSALEM — In a remarkable press conference held the day after her release from captivity, freed Israeli hostage Yocheved Lifshitz described her kidnapping by Hamas militants on Oct. 7 as "hell."

    Speaking from a wheelchair at the hospital in Tel Aviv, Israel, where she is being treated, Lifshitz recounted her harrowing experience: tied up, thrown over a motorcycle, beaten with a wooden pole, her jewelry stolen as her captorsdrove her away from Nir Oz, the

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