Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, an Israeli grandmother who was held hostage in Gaza for over two weeks, speaks to reporters a day after her release from captivity.
Lifshitz explained how this culminated in the attack on Nir Oz in southern Israel on October 7.
Not long after, “hordes” of Hamas fighters broke through the kibbutz’s “expensive” fences and kept coming in their “droves,” she said.
Video Ad Feedback Video shows harrowing images from Nir Oz kibbutz after Hamas attack 05:36 - Source: CNNLifshitz is one of the community’s founders and worked as a photographer and a teacher at the regional high school, according to a Nir Oz community statement.
Daniel Lifshitz said seeing his grandmother had shown him that other hostages need to be freed as soon as possible.
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