{"id":2151234,"date":"2024-01-17T05:09:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T10:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gazan-civilians-involved-in-every-stage-of-hamas-hostage-scheme-released-israelis-reveal\/"},"modified":"2024-01-17T05:14:58","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T10:14:58","slug":"gazan-civilians-involved-in-every-stage-of-hamas-hostage-scheme-released-israelis-reveal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gazan-civilians-involved-in-every-stage-of-hamas-hostage-scheme-released-israelis-reveal\/","title":{"rendered":"Gazan civilians involved in all stages of Hamas hostage scheme, say released Israelis"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgazan-civilians-involved-in-every-stage-of-hamas-hostage-scheme-released-israelis-reveal%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2151234&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Israeli\u2064 Women and Children Speak Out About Their Captivity in Gaza<\/h2>\n<p>In recent weeks, Israeli women and children have bravely \u2062come \u2063forward to\u2062 share their harrowing experiences during their nearly two-month \u200bcaptivity by Hamas late last year. These courageous individuals have taken to primetime Hebrew TV interviews \u2064to shed light on the \u2064deep complicity\u2062 of\u200d ordinary Gazans in the hostage scheme.<\/p>\n<p>During these interviews, the released hostages have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/latest-blm-martyr-jayland-walker-fired-at-akron-police-before-officers-shot-him\/\" title=\"Latest BLM Martyr Jayland Walker Fired at Akron Police Before Officers Shot Him\">revealed shocking details<\/a>. They\u200b have confirmed that unarmed teenagers assisted in\u200c the abduction of \u200bIsraelis\u200c from their homes, while Gazan women and\u200d children held some of\u2062 the Israelis captive. In other instances, Gazan doctors collaborated \u2064with Hamas terrorists to secretly treat kidnapped Israelis and imprison them \u200cin hospitals.<\/p>\n<p>The encounters\u200c between\u200d Israelis and Gazans\u200c on the streets were often terrifying, as revealed \u2064by the hostages. These revelations highlight the urgent \u200cneed for\u2063 Israel&#8217;s ongoing war\u200b against Hamas to rescue the 132 hostages\u200c still believed to be held captive in Gaza. However, the accounts of \u200bthe hostages\u2064 also indicate \u2064the immense challenge of extricating these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/you-get-a-tougher-skin-and-weird-s-happens-im-looking-forward-to-that-greg-gutfeld-on-the-launch-of-his-late-night-fox-news-show-gutfeld\/\" title=\"\u2018You Get A Tougher Skin And Weird S*** Happens. I\u2019m Looking Forward To That.\u2019 Greg Gutfeld On The Launch Of His Late-Night Fox News Show, \u2018Gutfeld!\u2019\">target groups<\/a> from a largely\u200b radicalized \u2064population.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The main issue is that the organization is very much melted into\u2064 the \u200bsocial structure of Gaza,&#8221; says Michael Milshtein, a former\u200b senior Israeli \u2064military intelligence officer and leading Hamas expert. &#8220;There is\u2062 no way you can really know who is\u200c Hamas. \u200cSomeone might have a grocery store \u2062where he sells tomatoes and water, but he might also have\u2063 a storehouse of weapons and give religious lessons there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And his wife and kids might be keeping \u2062an Israeli hostage at home.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hamas \u2064is not only a political matter in Gaza. It&#8217;s a way of life,&#8221; Milshtein adds. &#8220;We can\u200d and should ruin Hamas militarily and change the political arena \u200bin \u200dGaza. But ultimately the Gazan people\u2062 will have to do some soul searching. And \u200chere in the Arab world, not only the \u200cPalestinians, soul searching is very\u200b rare.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Abduction<\/h3>\n<p>In\u200c a chilling account on Israel&#8217;s Channel \u206412 news, Nili Margalit recounts \u200chow she was taken hostage at knifepoint by Gazan\u200c &#8220;civilians, regular people&#8221; on October 7. Margalit describes how\u2062 a young boy and an older\u2064 man broke into her home, forcing her \u2063into a stolen golf cart while she \u2062was\u200b still \u200cin her \u2064pajamas \u2063and barefoot.<\/p>\n<p>As they left the kibbutz, Margalit witnessed a horrifying sight. Thousands of people, including women and children, were pouring \u200bacross \u200cthe breached\u2062 border between Israel and Gaza. Among \u2064them were two boys, one as\u200b young as 4 \u2064or 5 years old, riding an ATV that belonged to Margalit&#8217;s father, who was among the victims murdered\u2064 that day.<\/p>\n<p>After reaching Gaza, Margalit \u2062and another hostage, Tamar Metzger, were transferred to \u2064a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-official-charged-with-running-dogfighting-ring\/\" title=\"Pentagon official accused of operating dogfighting ring.\">blood-stained car<\/a> and then\u2063 sold to Hamas\u200b terrorists in a warehouse. They were held \u200dcaptive \u2063in underground tunnels for 49 days before being freed in a truce deal between Israel and\u200c Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>Similar accounts from other released hostages and eyewitnesses indicate that \u200bthe \u2062abduction of Israelis by Gazan civilians was widespread on October 7. Unarmed Gazans, including\u2062 children and women, participated in the atrocities committed by Hamas terrorists in \u2064Israeli communities.<\/p>\n<h3>Detention<\/h3>\n<p>Several Israeli\u2064 women and children \u200cwho were freed by Hamas have \u2063revealed that they were held captive in family homes, hospitals,\u200d and other \u2064civilian\u2062 sites in Gaza. \u2062Mia Schem, who was shot and\u200c abducted, recalls how \u200dher captors brought her \u2062to \u200ba hospital in Gaza as she was bleeding profusely. \u2062The\u2063 surgeon who operated on her arm even told her that\u2064 she wouldn&#8217;t survive.<\/p>\n<p>After the \u2062surgery, Schem \u2062received no further treatment or pain medication. She was taken to a family home where \u200bshe was held captive with pure hatred. Forbidden to speak, cry, or move,\u2064 Schem endured days without food \u200cand was never allowed to bathe. \u2062The children in the house \u2062would taunt her, displaying pure evil.<\/p>\n<p>Other released hostages, such\u200b as Doron \u2062Katz Asher and\u200c Chen Goldstein-Almog, were moved between different\u2064 locations in \u200cGaza, \u200dincluding apartments, a school, a grocery store, and even a mosque. They were constantly in fear for their \u2063lives, with limited\u200d access to basic necessities and under the watchful eyes of their captors.<\/p>\n<h3>Coming and Going<\/h3>\n<p>The released \u200dhostages have \u200drecounted the dangers they faced when entering and leaving Gaza. Sharon Aloni Cunio describes how she and her twin\u200c daughters were mobbed\u200b and beaten by Gazans as they\u2064 were\u200d brought into Gaza on a\u200c tractor. Maya Regev \u200band Yaffa Adar also recall \u200dbeing paraded \u200dand subjected\u200c to abuse \u2062by their captors in front \u2064of cheering crowds.<\/p>\n<p>These testimonies from the Israeli hostages\u2063 shed \u2062light on the horrifying reality they \u2062endured \u200dduring their captivity in Gaza.\u2064 They also \u2064highlight the challenges Israel faces in its mission to dismantle Hamas and rescue the remaining \u200dhostages. The \u2064stories of these brave individuals serve as a reminder of \u200bthe \u2062urgent need for justice\u2064 and peace in the region.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> \u2064 What implications do the revelations about the \u2062deep entrenchment of\u2062 Hamas within the social structure of Gaza have\u200c for rescuing the\u200c remaining hostages and combating the extremist group?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Tober 7. The testimonies paint a disturbing picture of the involvement of ordinary civilians, including women and children, \u200bin the kidnappings. These harrowing experiences underline the urgent need for Israel to continue its fight against Hamas and rescue the remaining hostages.<\/p>\n<h3>Collaboration and Complicity<\/h3>\n<p>The testimonies from the released hostages also shed light on the collaboration and complicity of Gazans in the \u200dhostage\u2063 scheme. Unarmed teenagers were involved in the abduction, while Gazan women and children played a role in holding Israelis captive. Shockingly, Gazan doctors collaborated with Hamas terrorists to treat kidnapped Israelis and even imprison them in hospitals.<\/p>\n<p>These revelations expose the deep entrenchment of Hamas within the social structure of Gaza. The organization blends seamlessly into the daily \u200blives of Gazans, \u200bmaking it difficult to distinguish between ordinary civilians and Hamas members. The existence of seemingly innocent businesses and families hiding their involvement in the terrorist activities of Hamas poses a significant challenge \u2062in rescuing the remaining hostages.<\/p>\n<h3>A Way of Life<\/h3>\n<p>As affirmed by Michael Milshtein, a\u200d former senior Israeli military intelligence \u200bofficer and leading Hamas \u2063expert, the issue\u2064 of Hamas goes beyond politics in Gaza. It\u2063 is ingrained in the way of life of the Gazan people. Milshtein highlights the need for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nobel-peace-prize-the-most-controversial-winners\/\" title=\"Nobel Peace Prize: The Most Controversial Winners\">military actions<\/a> against Hamas\u2062 and a change in the political landscape, but\u200d ultimately, the\u200b Gazan people themselves \u2064must\u200c reflect deeply\u200d on their association with the extremist group.<\/p>\n<p>The accounts of the hostages indicate \u200dthat\u2063 soul searching is a rare occurrence \u200din the Arab world, not just \u200bamong Palestinians. This suggests a broader issue that needs to be addressed, as \u200cthe radicalization and support for extremist groups pose a threat not only to Israel but \u2062to the entire region.<\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>The voices of Israeli women and children who have spoken out about their captivity in Gaza have shed light on the extent of civilian involvement in the hostage scheme. These testimonies emphasize the ongoing need for Israel to\u200d combat Hamas and rescue the remaining hostages. Moreover, they highlight the challenge of extricating target groups\u200d from a population that has\u2062 been largely radicalized. Ultimately, \u200clasting change in Gaza can only be achieved through the self-reflection and soul searching of its people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israeli women and children are now sharing their accounts of being held captive by Hamas for almost two months. In televised interviews, they reveal that ordinary Gazans were actively involved in the hostage plot, with unarmed teenagers assisting in the abductions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2482,"featured_media":2151235,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2151234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2151234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2482"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2151234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2151234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2151235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2151234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2151234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2151234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}