Tortured Israeli hostages by Hamas

Government ministers also reacted with horror to the sight of gaunt and frail hostages, describing them as akin to Holocaust survivors. https://www.timesofisrael.com/ministers-call-to-destroy-hamas-after-hostages-return-looking-like-holocaust-survivors/

The terrorists did not shoot the two kidnapped Bibas boys ( 9 month and 4 yo) — they killed them with their bare hands. https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-says-captors-murdered-children-ariel-and-kfir-bibas-with-their-bare-hands/

The tunnel where six executed Israeli hostages were found on Aug. 31 was 65 feet deep and 31.5 inches (80 cm) wide, leaving them no room to stand. With no air vents, they struggled to breathe, and without toilets or showers, they relied on water bottles for washing and drinking. Starving and drastically underweight, they were executed at close range, as bullets were found in their bodies. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/u7bFpHjG8VBQ4FdJ/?mibextid=oFDknk

Omer Wenkert was beaten many times including with a crow bar, locked in a dungeon, sprayed with bug spray, spat on. https://youtube.com/shorts/34HIQFunlzM?si=MwOmkEp6bj0dyqOe

Returned hostage Eli Sharaby describes terrible pain from being tied up and starved towards death. https://youtu.be/PltYwMDTbVc?si=T8NtGdSuvVCuhOXO

Video footage of starving Israeli hostage Evyatar being forced to dig his own grave in a Hamas tunnel. https://youtu.be/BVxkHKgW3pw?si=nqvPyzXYq9V-GCCO

He is a human skeleton, Gaza hostage’s brother tells BBC. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cewyk4ezeedo

Israeli hostage Rom Braslavski begs for food whilst starved to death https://youtu.be/wJ2i3yDdjI0?si=U2BZC4dWwSct-E-j

Edan Alexander was shackled by his hands and feet for long periods in a dark tunnel, and was routinely abused. Given starvation rations, apart from during the weeks before release https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/05/13/us-hostage-idf-edan-alexander-cage-tortured-hamas-israel/

Israeli hostages hit with electricity cables https://themessenger.com/news/jewish-hostages-beaten-cables-hamas-treated-worse-foreigners-israel-gaza

Terrorist ‘sexually assaulted hostage at gunpoint’: Freed captive recounts testimony
https://www.timesofisrael.com/terrorist-sexually-assaulted-hostage-at-gunpoint-freed-captive-recounts-testimony

Hostages suffering severe malnutrition; Herzog: Crime against humanity. https://www.timesofisrael.com/herzog-emaciated-hostages-a-crime-against-humanity-victims-group-evokes-holocaust/

Hisham al-Sayed’s father: ‘He’s broken, in a state of mental torture. He may have been held alone. He does not speak’. https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/hisham-al-sayeds-father-hes-broken-in-a-state-of-mental-torture-he-may-have-been-held-alone-he-does-not-speak/

Or and Yagil were drugged and burned by the exhaust of a motorcycle so their captors could identify them. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/381227

At least 10 freed hostages were sexually abused in Hamas captivity, doctor says https://www.timesofisrael.com/at-least-10-freed-hostages-were-sexually-abused-by-hamas-in-captivity-doctor-says/

Untreated Hostages still have injuries and one has shrapnel in her leg. https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/freed-israeli-hostages-still-had-shrapnel-in-their-bodies-from-oct-7-attack-3de8cd1e

Terrorists would pile blankets on him during the hottest part of the day and lock him in the bathroom if he forgot to knock before requesting to be let out. https://www.heritagefl.com/story/2024/06/21/news/rescued-hostages-suffered-severe-psychological-abuse-in-captivity/20134.html

Murdered Israeli Hostage Weighed Just 79 Lbs at death. https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2024/09/04/report-murdered-israeli-hostage-weighed-just-79-lbs-at-death/

They tied up her hands and feet, with one guard striking her feet with a stick and the other threatening her with a sharp object. https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-01-29/ty-article/.premium/amit-soussana-freed-from-hamas-captivity-recalls-how-fellow-hostage-saved-her-life/

Traumatized Ofer Kalderon lost 25 kilograms during his time in captivity. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-860031

Released Israeli hostage tells how he was forced to watch an October 7th Hamas killing and when he cried he had a gun pointed to his head https://www.ynetnews.com/article/ry9dbfqsp

Before the kidnapping she was a noisy girl, but after being a Hamas hostage she whispers. https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/israeli-girl-released-from-hamas-captivity-now-only-whispers-says-her-father-101701255487896.html

For those tricked by Hamas farewells to hostages. ‘Keep waving’: Hamas propaganda clips show freed hostages’ forced to wave goodbye https://www.timesofisrael.com/keep-waving-daily-hamas-propaganda-clips-show-freed-hostages-forced-goodbyes/

Hamas forced Mia Schem to say on camera how ‘kind’ they were, how well they cared for her – despite getting a vet to operate on her – and even praise their FOOD before they would release her. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12815013/Hamas-forced-Mia-Schem-say-camera-kind-cared-despite-getting-vet-operate-praise-FOOD-release-her.html

Hostages Freed From Gaza Recount Violence, Hunger and Fear https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/hostages-freed-from-gaza-recount-violence-hunger-and-fear/?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=owned_echobox_f&utm_source=Facebook

The lack of air in the tunnels, as well as the shortage of food and medicine, could bring people to complete exhaustion,” she said. “And they just won’t make it.

The journey into Gaza, she added, was also horrifying: Lifshitz was driven across the border on the back of a moped, lying on her side, as “crowds on the way, just like a swarm of locusts … beat me with sticks.” https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/freed-israeli-hostage-says-time-running-out-harrowing-conditions-rcna129065

IDF finds a dozen hostage cages in Gaza, used by Hamas as human shieldshttps://m.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-785620

13 year old taken hostage was hit on entry to Gaza by civilians https://youtu.be/Jdq6z6ZKMQY?si=EFeN2vpqYSDDPJJo

Family releases video of Gazan mob kicking, abusing dead body of hostage Eitan Levy. https://www.timesofisrael.com/family-releases-video-of-gazan-mob-kicking-abusing-dead-body-of-hostage-eitan-levy/