This is cnn Breaking News. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper and im standing on a rooftop looking out over tel aviv. It is just over just after 11 00 p. M. Here. It is been 17 days since the horrific Terrorist Attacks by hamas caught this country and frankly most of the world by surprise. Setting off a cascade of responses and consequences. That now includes a humanitarian crisis in gaza. Tonight were hearing for the first time from one of the hostages kidnapped an just released by hamas about what she endured. Hamas held 85yearold Yocheved Lipshitz capured and she spoke in hebrew at a hospital here in tel aviv today she describes how hamas beat her as they forced her into gaza. Translator it was a painful act. They brought us into a hatch of a tunnel. On the way, i was lying on the side on the motorbike. Legs to one side. Body to the other. They were hitting me so it didnt break my ribs but it was making it difficult for me to breathe. Smaller groups and kept under close watch, her
this is what a spokesperson for the israel defense forces had to say about the situation. we will rescue our hostages at all costs. it is our duty, it is our moral responsibility of the israel defense forces. it is why we fight and why we must keep on fighting until all our hostages are home. with more on the hostage release, here s our senior international correspondent orla guerin in tel aviv. inseparable and coming home tonight. emma and yuli, twin girls just three years old, released with their mother sharon. their father is still being held in gaza. they ll be picked up by military helicopter. like these boys, freed last night. the government here has been sharing footage of every release. israelis very invested in this and the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, needs a victory even a partial one. already savouring her freedom, margalit moses, who is 78. she tells hospital staff in tel aviv they are amazing. so is she. freed from gaza on friday after almost 50 days