Hostages Held in Tunnels With No Human Contact for Months

Stand for Israel  |  January 28, 2025

Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, hand over four Israeli hostages to the Red Cross in Palestine Square, in Gaza City.
Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, hand over four Israeli hostages to the Red Cross in Palestine Square, in Gaza City. (Photo: Khalil Kahlout/Flash90)

Some of the recently released hostages have signs of mild starvation and some were left underground for months, reports The Times of Israel:

Some of the hostages released from Gaza during the ceasefire had been held in Hamas tunnels for up to eight months straight, deprived of daylight and with little to no human contact, an Israeli general said on Monday.

Three Israeli civilians and four soldiers — all women — have been released so far in the ceasefire, which began on January 19. In return, Israel has released 290 Palestinian convicts and detainees.

“Some of them told us that they’ve been in the past few months, that they’ve been through the entire time, in tunnels, underground,” the deputy chief of the Israeli military’s medical corps, Colonel Dr. Avi Banov, told journalists online.