Freed Israeli hostage says she endured 'psychological warfare' during 50 days of Hamas captivity

[Ace Rothstein]

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/01/04/middleeast/israel-hostage-doron-katz-asher-interview-hamas-gaza-intl/index.html

Asher, her mother and daughters, 5-year-old Raz and 2-year-old Aviv, were thrown into the back of a tractor with other hostages from the kibbutz, before gunmen opened fire. Asher was shot in her back; Aviv was shot in the leg; her mother was shot dead.

Asher, 34, and her daughters were taken into Gaza, where they were kept first in a home, then in a hospital, before being released in November during a temporary ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

In an exclusive interview with CNN, Asher described her nearly 50 days in captivity, the “psychological warfare” to which she was subjected, the conditions in which she was kept, and her sense of guilt after being freed while scores of others – including 79-year-old Gadi Moses, her daughters’ grandfather – remain in captivity.

Asher and her daughters were taken first to an apartment that belonged to a family in Gaza. “They stitched my wounds without anesthetic, on the couch while my girls were next to me,” Asher said.

Another hostage who was held in a private home and kept hostage by a family in Gaza.

[sarisataka]

1. Well this sank like a stone

But I suppose group of hostages being held in a hospital for weeks is not a topic some want to discuss.

[TheKentuckian]

2. The Hamas fan club is too ashamed to cheer and

too lacking in decency to care.

[Coventina]

6. Well, we are only getting ONE side of the story here.

We need to hear the kidnappers' and torturers' side to make sure the victims didn't deserve it.

[TheKentuckian]

9. Surely we don't need to hear their side, they are the plucky heroes

just employing a bit of "creativity" to land a blow against the EVIL COLONIAL EMPIRE!

These people are batshit, wicked, weapons grade stupid, or all of the above.

[DavidDvorkin]

5. That happens a lot here

We know what kind of post about Israel and Gaza doesn't sink like a stone.

[TheKentuckian]

10. NOTHING JUSTIFIES THIS LACK OF RESPONSE!!!

NOTHING!!!!!

A bunch of soulless heathens feigning righteousness as a cloak to cover their own animus.

[DavidDvorkin]

11. It's unjustified but sadly is to be expected.

[ChazII]

3. KnR n/t

[Cha]

4. Thankfully Asher and her daughters

are alive to be able to tell their Nightmare in Captivity by the Butchers, and where they took them, who Slaughtered so many Israelis.

It's a miracle.. I can see why she feels "guilty" by surviving the HAMAS Massacre.

[yardwork]

7. Kick for visibility.

[revmclaren]

8. Kick to keep thread trending.

[mcar]

12. As more and more of these stories come out

seems like it'll be harder to continue to blame Israel for it all.

[TheKentuckian]

13. So it would be hoped and reasonably expected

but decades of practice and always at least simmering antisemitism makes it easier than it should be.

[betsuni]

14. K&R