Röster ur en mardröm (kidnappade i Gaza)

Ex-hostage Ron Krivoi: No one can truly understand what it’s like down in the tunnels

"...Of the tunnel he was then taken to, he said, “These aren’t the tunnels you see in pictures. We were in something really small, deep underground. There wasn’t even a floor – we were on sand, and the mattresses were all moldy. We were inside a very, very small cage. Honestly, about a meter and a half by a meter and a half, and we had to lie down and rest in it – you couldn’t stand. No height, no toilets, no food. We were five people, we ate one small dish with some canned food and a pita that we divided among us. I was there for 51 days and lost nine kilograms (20 pounds) of body weight.”..."

Former hostage Arbel Yehoud says captors threatened to kill her if IDF approached

Former hostage Arbel Yehoud, who was returned to Israel in January as part of a Gaza ceasefire agreement, says her Palestinian Islamic Jihad captors made it clear to her that they would kill her if the IDF discovered their location and came to rescue her.

 ‘Medieval torture’: Former hostages plead with Trump to free remaining captives

Freed hostages hold English-language presser addressed to US president, recalling brutality, inhumanity, torture and agony of Hamas captivity, beg for him to restart serious truce talks

Former hostage Emily Damari shares testimony about her time in captivity

She went on to describe the moment she and Gonen understood the date: “A year ago, we somehow gathered from Al Jazeera that it was Memorial Day. Romi and I decided that at 11 a.m., we would simply stand for a minute and remember everyone. We let ourselves feel the pain. It was one of the most powerful moments we experienced there. To be in the lowest place imaginable, and still find a way to mark the day—that meant everything.”