Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, was one of two women escorted through Gazah’s Rafah Crossing by masked Hamas terrorists and turned over to the Red Cross Monday night.
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Video of the exchange showed her reaching out her hand and wishing him “shalom,” a Hebrew word meaning “peace” often also used to say goodbye. However, that was a far cry from her description of how she was abducted as the terrorists slaughtered people at Kibbutz Nir Oz on Oct. 7, with her 83-year-old husband Oded among those still being held hostage.
“We never thought we’d reach such a state,” Lifshitz, who was born in Israel in 1938, said of what she experienced on Oct. 7. Once they arrived at the vast tunnel network Hamas uses in Gaza, Lifshitz said they walked for a few kilometers on the wet ground before they arrived at a large hall where about 25 other hostages were being held.
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