(TIMES OF ISRAEL) A 15-year-old released hostage described her 51 days in captivity in a television interview on Tuesday, telling of how she had served as a mother to her 8-year-old sister, of the difficult conditions, of constantly fearing her terrorist captors would kill her, and of her pain at the murder of three…
A 4-year-old American girl who crawled out from beneath the bloodied body of her father before being kidnapped by Hamas was one of 17 hostages released by.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel said that an extension, allowing for more hostages to be released, is an option. But, he said, the ultimate goal of the war will be to destroy Hamas.
Maayan Zin's nightmare came to an end on Sunday as she hugged her two daughters, Dafna Elyakim, 15, and Ela Elyakim, 8, for the first time in 51-days after they were freed by Hamas.