Freed Hostages Reveal What Life Was Like In Captivity With Hamas Terrorists

Several hostages taken by Hamas and recently freed are speaking up about the conditions they were forced to live in.

Many of the hostages were completely cut off from the outside world, and didn’t even know that some of their family members were killed.

They are now giving details about their experience.

Keren Munder (54) was one of the hostages released, along with her mother Ruthie Munder (78), and her son Ohad Munder-Zichri (9).

She says they were given a bland diet featuring rice and pita, and forced to sit in rows of plastic seats.

She also claims that they were often forced to wait for hours in order to use the bathroom.

Karen and her mother both lost somewhere between 13 and 18 pounds since October.

“They were eating, but not regularly and not all of the time,” claimed a family member of Munder in a statement.

Freed hostages reveal what it was like to live with Hamas https://t.co/1TWHjSdonU pic.twitter.com/BjENQaq0eG

— New York Post (@nypost) November 26, 2023

The New York Post reported on the details:

At least some Hamas hostages are being totally cut off from the outside world — with several only learning after release that kin were killed Oct. 7 — and fed a bland diet of rice and pita while enduring hours-long waits for the bathroom, according to those freed.

The family members of some of the released hostages revealed to outlets what life was like for their loved ones during the grueling weeks in captivity.

Ruthie Munder, 78, her daughter Keren Munder, 54, and grandson Ohad Munder-Zichri, 9, were released Friday night as part of a cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas.

A stricken Ruthie only learned about her son Roi’s death after being released Friday, said the elderly woman’s niece, Merav Mor Raviv, according to the New York Times on Sunday.

Ravi also said her relatives were mostly fed rice and pita by their captors, a diet that caused both Ruthi and Keren to lose between 13 and 18 pounds since Oct. 7.

“They were eating, but not regularly and not all of the time,” she told the outlet.

The uncle of recently freed Noam and Alma Or said the teens also were given devastating news similar to what Ruthie Munder received after being released — that their mother, Yonat Or, was killed Oct. 7.

Israeli hostages were kept in difficult conditions, often unable to eat or to use the toilet, forced to sleep on plastic benches

While Hamas convicted murderers were treated with education, health care and Red Cross visitshttps://t.co/S9JlJy5Ts1

— Old Man With A Pen (@ConservativeAd5) November 27, 2023

As freed hostages return to Israel, details of conditions in captivity emerge https://t.co/V3yBNvPQ1y

— TIME (@TIME) November 27, 2023

Israeli hostages reveal how they ate rice and pita and slept on rows of plastic waiting room-like seats after being abducted by Hamas and held captive in Gaza https://t.co/L6Ld5oW3M7 pic.twitter.com/iFeqdEGBRZ

— Daily Mail US (@DailyMail) November 26, 2023

Daily Mail provided additional details on the living conditions of those held captive:

Keren Munder, her son and her grandmother were among those released after they were abducted from their relatives’ home in Kibbutz Nir Oz.

Ms Munder told her cousin that the hostages mostly ate rice and pita and slept on rows of plastic seats – like the ones used in waiting rooms.

She also said they would knock on the door when they needed the bathroom, but sometimes had to wait an hour and a half before they could go.

According to the nephew of one of the hostages, the abductors “kept up the terror to the end:”

Adina Moshe, 72, told her family she thought she was being led to her death before she and 12 other hostages were released on Friday after the warring sides signed a Qatari-negotiated, four-day ceasefire.

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Her niece Mayan Moshe, 43, told The Times: ‘She knew something was happening when the explosions all stopped on Friday and suddenly there was silence.

‘Our aunt said when they were moved from the tunnel they were scared — they thought they were being taken to be executed. Only when they saw the Red Cross buses did they realise they were being freed.’

Adina had been kept underground by Hamas terrorists for 50 days before being released and her eyes were still adjusting to sunlight when she spoke to her family.

Her nephew Ayat Nouri said: ‘They kept up the terror to the end.’

This is Israeli hostage Keren Munder, 54.

The image on the left is her before she was kidnapped by Hamas on Oct 7th.

The image on the right is her after being held captive for 6 weeks and being subjected to horrific conditions in Gaza.

She is now back safely in Israel. pic.twitter.com/tHj84ImFX6

— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) November 24, 2023

Hostages reveal intolerable conditions and treatment by Hamas!

“Family members of released Israeli hostages told reporters Sunday that the hostages had been forced to sleep on benches during their seven-week captivity; that they had to endure waits of up to two hours for the… pic.twitter.com/ieGTPLrjiG

— Gary D (@KMGGaryde) November 26, 2023

Small tidbits are starting to come out about the conditions the Israeli hostages were held in: sleeping on chairs, waiting hours to go to the bathroom, no shower, food and bread sometimes only once a day, and in some cases, held in some kind of cell.

— Mairav Zonszein מרב זונשיין (@MairavZ) November 27, 2023

Seven weeks — marked by exposure to inhuman conditions, imposed by individuals devoid of humanity.

May they all find strength and healing.#hostages

— Zeev ✡︎ (@shtetlite) November 24, 2023

A bittersweet moment for the Moses family: 78-year-old Margalit is free from Hamas while her husband still awaits to be released

'Many hostages are elderly people: we don't know their conditions, we don't want them to be in a life-threatening situation,' Margalit's son pic.twitter.com/D1GizpplUP

— i24NEWS English (@i24NEWS_EN) November 27, 2023