Hostages released by Hamas reveal the hell they endured at the hands of terrorists who tortured and starved them in the ‘spider web’ Gaza tunnels: New video is released as former captives demand the remaining prisoners are freed

• Four women who were released by Hamas have shared the horror they endured and demanded the immediate release of those still in captivity 
• Danielle Aloni, 45, who was released with her six-year-old daughter Emilia on November 24 said she still has four family members held hostage in Gaza 
• There are 136 hostages who are still in captivity 

Four hostages released by Hamas have revealed the hell they endured at the hands of the terrorists in a newly-released video – as they plead for the rest of the captives to be freed. 

Danielle Aloni, 45, Ditza Heiman, 84, Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, and Yaffa Adar, 85, gave their testimony to The Missing Families and Hostages Forum, a campaign group set up in Israel as 136 hostages remain trapped in Gaza.

The harrowing accounts of torture and starvation in the vast ‘spider web’ of tunnels beneath Gaza were broadcast last week at a rally in the Hostage Square in Tel Aviv. 

Aloni was visiting her sister at Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7 when she and her six-year-old daughter, Emilia, were abducted. They spent the next 49 days in captivity.

‘You sleep… you cry. Every additional day that passes is like a never-ending eternity,’ she said trembling as she recalled the torturous events.

Danielle Aloni, 45, and her daughter Emilia, 6, spent 49 days in captivity. She spoke of the despair and her heartbreak as other family members still remain 

Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, spent 17 days in captivity. She holds a picture of her husband Oded Lifschitz, 84, who was not released and still remains in Gaza along with 85 of their friends 

In the video she is dressed in black, a silver dog tag necklace hanging from her neck for those hostages that remain, including her brother-in-law, his brother, his partner and his brother’s partner.

‘It was a horror show. You feel like you need to pinch yourself to wake up from this nightmare,’ she recalled.  ‘It was terrifying. It was scary. There’s no daily schedule. There is nothing,’ she said.

Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, spent 17 days in a tunnel, she described as a ‘spider web’ before her release on October 24. 

‘I barely slept. I had a problem with the food and on my last four days there I got sick,’ she said. ‘They were worried that I would spread disease in the tunnels.’

‘Everyday is critical. The living conditions are very hard and the oxygen in the tunnels are running out,’ she said.

Her husband Oded Lifshitz, 83, is still being held in Gaza, as well as 85 of their friends. She urged the government to bring them back immediately ‘without hesitation.’

‘We are waiting for you. We love you,’ she said, ‘Come home.’ 

Somber music played in the video as a black screen flashed with the caption: ‘136 people are still in captivity at the hands of Hamas. Every minute is hell.’

Eighty-four-year-old Ditza Heiman spent 53 days in captivity and was released on November 28.

‘It’s life-threatening beyond the threat of one’s life. It is also a risk to the soul,’ she said describing the harrowing events.

As the days and weeks went on, Heiman said the food became more scarce and described it as ‘almost starvation conditions.’

‘As more time goes by the damage gets bigger and the ability for the body to endure gets lessened,’ she said. ‘We have got to get them back now and do whatever it takes to make it happen.’ 

Eighty-four-year-old Ditza Heiman spent 53 days in captivity and was released on November 28. ‘It’s life-threatening beyond the threat of one’s life. It is also a risk to the soul,’ she said describing the harrowing events 

‘I spent 49 days in that hell,’ said Yaffa Adar, who was abducted from her kibbutz, Kfar Aza, and put in a scooter by Hamas and spent 49 days in captivity. Her grandson Tamir Adar still remains captive

Yaffar Adar, 85, who was held for 49 days, gave her account on November 24.

Her grandson Tamir Adar, 38, a married father-of-two, is still being held hostage.

‘I spent 49 days in that hell,’ she said.

The elderly woman was abducted from her kibbutz, Kfar Aza. Video of her riding a buggy with her captors was televised during the first few days of the attack. 

It is not clear what physical injuries she sustained, but Adra had a bandage covering her left arm in the video.

She spoke with intent: ‘I am asking, begging from all decision makers to get the kids out. Get them all out.’ 

‘Free the children now! I want to see them now!’ she said. ‘Not when I will be in a coffin.’ 

On December 5, a week before the video was released, a cabinet meeting was held in Herzliya with some of the released hostages and their families.

Yaffar Adar, 85, was abducted from her kibbutz, Kfar Aza. Video of her riding a buggy with her captors was televised during the first few days of the attack

Adar is seen being transported in a buggy by terrorists during the October 7 attack

During the meeting, many revealed the inhumane, savage and humiliating treatment they endured. The names of those who spoke were not disclosed.

One hostage sobbed as they said, ‘they touch our girls.’

Another lamented: ‘I thought I was going to die, I wanted to be shot.’

One hostage held for 51 days said: ‘I was dehydrated, they didn’t give us water, they are inhumane.’

Another spoke of the humiliation: ‘They shaved off all of dad’s body hair to humiliate him.’

The daughter of a released hostage said that her mother almost fainted during the meeting. ‘She knows what’s going on there. She saw what was done to men,’ she said.

Some spoke of the clothing they were forced to wear. ‘They dressed us in hijabs and head coverings so that Israel wouldn’t distinguish us from them,’ the freed hostage said.

Aloni was part of the first group of hostages freed on November 24 during a temporary ceasefire deal arranged between Qatar and the United States. 

During the seven-day truce that collapsed on December 1, a total of 110 hostages released and  240 Palestinian hostages freed from Israeli prisons. But 136 hostages remain in captivity.

On Tuesday, the United Nations General Assembly demanded an immediate  humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza that garnered global support.

More than three-quarters of the 193-member assembly backed the move, which had been rejected by the United States in the Security Council last week.

The vote was 153 in favor, 10 against and 23 withheld their vote.

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