Israeli hostage Yocheved Lifschitz, 85, was freed by Hamas militants on Monday evening. She said that captives are kept in a "spider's web" of underground tunnels in Gaza. She told reporters she was beaten with sticks and that she "went through hell." AdvertisementAdvertisementAn 85-year-old Israeli hostage, who shook hands with her Hamas captor when she was freed, said that she was held in a "spider's web" of underground tunnels in Gaza and beaten with sticks. Sharone told reporters she wasn't surprised by her mother's gesture, saying: "It's so her."

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Persons: Yocheved Lifschitz, —, Nurit Cooper, Lifschitz, Oded, Nir Oz, Sharone, we'd, shalom Organizations: Service, Gaza's Ministry of Health, Hamas Locations: Gaza, Tel Aviv, Israel, Egypt