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11. From one of your links...

Thu Nov 30, 2023, 05:42 PM

Nov 2023

Complete darkness, little food. As Hamas releases hostages, what they say captivity was like

Adina Moshe, one of the hostages released by Hamas Friday, emerged from weeks of darkness to a welcome sight.

Her eyes struggled to adjust to the sunlight. But once she saw the Red Cross, she realized “these horrifying seven weeks are over,” her nephew, Eyal Nouri, told The Associated Press after her release.

As the hostages freed in recent days under a cease-fire deal adjust to freedom, their families have shared some details about what they experienced.

“She was in complete darkness,” Nouri said. “And during her captivity, she was disconnected … from all the outside world.”

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/11/27/hamas-releases-hostages-what-captivity-was-like/71716232007/

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Total darkness is sensory deprivation and it is torture. It is harmful after a day and they endured it for 7 weeks. I can't even.

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Freed hostages speak, and the truth is coming out. [View all] Beastly Boy Nov 2023 OP

Involvement Of United Nations Employees Is Damned Serious, Sir The Magistrate Nov 2023 #1

Yes, sir, it is! Behind the Aegis Nov 2023 #3

It is also far from surprising. tritsofme Nov 2023 #4

Is it?.... Think. Again. Nov 2023 #7

UNRWA is often just another arm of Hamas, this isn't new. tritsofme Nov 2023 #12

Is UNRWA a sector of the UN or not? Think. Again. Nov 2023 #14

Of course it is. Again, them being involved with Hamas is among the least surprising things about all this. tritsofme Nov 2023 #18

That's a heckuva thought. Think. Again. Nov 2023 #19

Yes, the corruption is staggering. tritsofme Nov 2023 #21

Is that a known fact?... Think. Again. Nov 2023 #28

Yes. This is a long term grievance with the UN Arazi Dec 2023 #44

"Oh I am sure that there are Hamas members on the UNRWA payroll and I don't see that as a crime." Kennah Dec 2023 #45

1+ keithbvadu2 Nov 2023 #2

People here wanted Israel to destroy the tunnels Qutzupalotl Nov 2023 #5

I would think... Think. Again. Nov 2023 #6

Thank you ,Beastly Boy. debm55 Nov 2023 #8

So much for HAMAS Propaganda that civilians are innocent bystanders... Cha Nov 2023 #9

When people dehumanize their adversaries iemanja Nov 2023 #10

From one of your links... sheshe2 Nov 2023 #11

Truly horrifying! calimary Dec 2023 #40

I think of my mother. yardwork Nov 2023 #13

Thanks for the great OP, BB! ancianita Nov 2023 #15

Hamas is brutal. Never forget that. Joinfortmill Nov 2023 #16

So is the Israeli theft and occupation of Palestinian lands... /nt artemisia1 Dec 2023 #43

So what does that mean? Kennah Dec 2023 #46

It means EXACTLY what it says. Steal someone's house and land and push them into ghettoes. Names don't matter. artemisia1 Dec 2023 #49

So from the river to the sea? Kennah Dec 2023 #53

Israel hasn't occupied Gaza since 2005 EX500rider Dec 2023 #50

It is the Ghetto they pushed them onto after stealing the rest of the land. They are now destroying it utterly. artemisia1 Dec 2023 #51

Who'd of guessed a massacre of Israeli civilians would have consequences? EX500rider Dec 2023 #52

Post removed Post removed Dec 2023 #56

Certainly lots of propaganda being posted, that's for sure, we may differ on who is posting it though EX500rider Dec 2023 #57

Names of land don't matter. It was the homes, orchards and lands stolen that do. Who cares if it was held by Turks or artemisia1 Dec 2023 #58

Approximately 900,000 Jews were expelled from Muslim-majority countries between 1950 and 1980. Beastly Boy Dec 2023 #59

Crickets... Arazi Dec 2023 #61

What land did they steal? Darwins_Retriever Dec 2023 #54

Are you saying Hamas is justified? Patton French Dec 2023 #63

KnR Hekate Nov 2023 #17

Careful paleotn Nov 2023 #20

Post removed Post removed Nov 2023 #22

Welcome Sal_NV Have you ever read the story of the Pied Pipper or the science of lemmings? I am not often on this debm55 Nov 2023 #25

Yes, I've read the Pied Piper, but never read the science of lemmings, but I do know the Sal_NV Nov 2023 #26

Lemmings rodent like creatures. In their group they literally follow their leader to the death. When the leader Jumps debm55 Nov 2023 #30

Thanks for this, Sal_NV Nov 2023 #32

We must be the same age . The 55 in my post name is the year I was born. Yes, explore and search. There is a pets forum debm55 Nov 2023 #35

I was born in '46, right after the end of WWII, so I guess that make me a boomer baby/ Sal_NV Nov 2023 #36

This is incorrect, lemmings do not do that obamanut2012 Dec 2023 #48

No, they don't, They overbreed and have to migrate . some die along the way. However, you knew exactly what I what I was debm55 Dec 2023 #60

For What It's Worth... DET Nov 2023 #39

Sorry you feel that way. GP6971 Nov 2023 #37

What's the DU party line? maxsolomon Nov 2023 #23

But one side seems awfully liberal with the "alert" button paleotn Nov 2023 #27

Looks like some of the most fervent are enjoying pizza now nt AZSkiffyGeek Nov 2023 #29

Yeah.. Bon Appetite. Cha Dec 2023 #41

True. debm55 Nov 2023 #33

That's so horrible... Dave Bowman Nov 2023 #24

No wonder Hamas has held onto the hostages revmclaren Nov 2023 #31

Thanks for this post, Beastly Boy. ShazzieB Nov 2023 #34

The UNRWA employs tens of thousands Mountainguy Nov 2023 #38

No surprise, but unacceptable. maxsolomon Dec 2023 #42

Probably was a second gig, and not on the clock for the UN Kennah Dec 2023 #47

They still have 150+ hostages Johnny2X2X Dec 2023 #55

I actually agree with that. Or they're dead Arazi Dec 2023 #62

Yeah I am afraid that is the reason also nt EX500rider Dec 2023 #65

Thank you BB. Patton French Dec 2023 #64