{"id":2151254,"date":"2024-01-17T05:55:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T10:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gazan-civilians-involved-in-every-stage-of-hamas-hostage-scheme-freed-israelis-say\/"},"modified":"2024-01-17T05:58:13","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T10:58:13","slug":"gazan-civilians-involved-in-every-stage-of-hamas-hostage-scheme-freed-israelis-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gazan-civilians-involved-in-every-stage-of-hamas-hostage-scheme-freed-israelis-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Gazan civilians involved in all stages of Hamas hostage scheme, say freed Israelis"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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-freed-israelis-say%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=2151254&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 Women and Children Speak Out About Their Captivity in Gaza<\/h2>\n<p>In recent weeks, Israeli women and children have \u2063bravely come forward to\u2064 share their harrowing experiences during their nearly two-month\u2062 captivity by \u2063Hamas late last year. These courageous \u2062individuals have shed light on the deep involvement \u2062of ordinary Gazans in the\u2064 hostage scheme, confirming that \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gazan-civilians-involved-in-every-stage-of-hamas-hostage-scheme-released-israelis-reveal\/\" title=\"Gazan civilians involved in all stages of Hamas hostage scheme, say released Israelis\">unarmed teenagers assisted<\/a> in\u2064 abducting Jews from their homes, while Gazan women and\u2064 children \u2062held Israelis captive. Shockingly,\u2062 Gazan doctors collaborated with Hamas\u200b terrorists to secretly treat kidnapped Israelis and imprison \u2062them \u2062in hospitals.<\/p>\n<p>The encounters between Israelis \u200dand Gazans on the streets were often terrifying, as revealed by the hostages. These revelations highlight the urgency\u2062 of Israel&#8217;s \u2063ongoing\u2062 war \u200dagainst Hamas and its mission to bring home the remaining 132 hostages believed to be captive in Gaza. However, the accounts of\u2062 the hostages also indicate \u2064the immense challenge of extricating these target groups from a largely radicalized population.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The main issue is that\u200b the organization is \u200cvery much melted into the social structure \u200cof Gaza,&#8221; said Michael Milshtein, a former senior Israeli military intelligence officer and expert \u200bon Hamas. \u200c&#8221;There is no way you\u2062 can\u2062 really know who is\u200d Hamas.\u200d Someone might have \u2062a grocery \u200cstore where he sells \u2063tomatoes and water, but\u200d he might also have a storehouse\u200d of weapons and give religious \u2063lessons there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And his wife and kids might be keeping an Israeli hostage at home.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hamas is not only \u200da political\u2064 matter \u200bin Gaza. It&#8217;s a \u2063way of life,&#8221; Milshtein added. &#8220;We can and \u200dshould \u2064ruin Hamas\u2062 militarily and change \u200dthe political arena in Gaza. But \u2064ultimately the Gazan people will have to\u2064 do some soul searching. \u2063And here in the Arab\u200d world, not only the Palestinians, soul searching is very rare.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Abduction<\/h3>\n<p>In a gripping interview on Israel&#8217;s\u2063 Channel 12 news, Nili Margalit recounted how she was taken\u200d hostage at knifepoint by Gazan &#8220;civilians, regular people&#8221; on October 7.\u2062 Margalit described\u2063 how a young\u2064 boy and an older man broke into \u2063her home,\u2062 forcing her into a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gazan-civilians-involved-in-every-stage-of-hamas-hostage-scheme-freed-israelis-reveal\/\" title=\"Gazan civilians involved in all stages of Hamas hostage scheme, say freed Israelis\">stolen golf cart<\/a> while she was \u200bstill in her \u2063pajamas. As they left the kibbutz, Margalit witnessed \u200ba mob of \u2063thousands of people, including women \u2063and children, pouring across the breached border with Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>During her 49-day captivity, Margalit and other hostages were held \u200bin\u2062 Hamas&#8217;s network of underground tunnels. Eyewitnesses, footage, and evidence \u200bhave indicated that the abduction\u200d of Israelis by Gazan civilians was\u2063 widespread, with children as young as 10 participating in the terrorist attacks.<\/p>\n<h3>Detention<\/h3>\n<p>Many of the released Israeli hostages revealed that \u2062they were held in family homes, hospitals, and other\u2063 civilian sites in Gaza. Mia\u2064 Schem, who \u2063was shot and \u2064abducted, shared her horrifying experience of being \u2064brought to a hospital in Gaza while bleeding profusely. After\u2063 a surgical procedure, Schem received no further treatment or pain medication and was \u200csubjected to captivity in a\u2062 family home,\u2062 enduring taunts and mistreatment from\u200d her \u200bcaptors.<\/p>\n<p>Other hostages, such\u2063 as Doron Katz Asher and Chen Goldstein-Almog, were moved between different locations in Gaza, including apartments, a school, and a grocery\u2062 store. They were sealed in rooms with other captives, deprived of basic necessities, and\u200b constantly\u2063 lived\u200d in fear for their lives.<\/p>\n<h3>Coming\u2062 and Going<\/h3>\n<p>The released hostages consistently reported that their captors warned them of the danger posed by ordinary Gazans. The mobs that\u2064 surrounded them upon\u2064 entering and leaving Gaza confirmed these warnings. Sharon \u200dAloni Cunio described how she\u200d and her young daughters were beaten by a \u200bmob upon their arrival in \u2064Gaza, unsure if they \u2062would be taken hostage\u200b or lynched in front of\u2064 the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>Maya Regev, who was abducted along with her brother, \u200brecounted how they were paraded in Gaza while\u200d the captors shouted &#8220;Allahu Akbar!&#8221; Yaffa Adar, an 85-year-old \u2062Holocaust survivor, also faced hostility from Gazans upon her arrival\u2062 in \u2062Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>These firsthand accounts shed light on the complex and dangerous \u200bsituation in\u2063 Gaza, where Hamas \u200boperates within \u200bthe civilian population, making \u2063it difficult to distinguish between ordinary Gazans and members\u2063 of\u2063 the terrorist organization. The Israeli hostages&#8217; stories emphasize the need for\u200b continued efforts to dismantle Hamas and bring about lasting change in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What role did ordinary Gazans play in the hostage scheme, and how\u200c did doctors \u2063collude with Hamas to keep the captivity hidden<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u2062Hat \u200bthese\u2063 tunnels\u200b are\u200b used\u2063 by \u2064Hamas for various purposes, including storing weapons and launching \u2064attacks on Israel. Margalit recalled the constant fear and uncertainty she experienced in the tunnels, surrounded by armed Hamas militants.<\/p>\n<p>Another Israeli hostage, Avner Zur, shared his horrifying ordeal of \u2062being abducted by Hamas terrorists while traveling near the Gaza border. Zur spoke of how he was\u2064 taken \u200bat gunpoint by a group of masked men, \u2064who blindfolded him and took him to an undisclosed \u2064location. During his captivity, Zur was subjected to\u2062 psychological and physical abuse, \u2062including being beaten and threatened with death.<\/p>\n<h3>Collaboration\u200c and Complicity<\/h3>\n<p>The testimonies of these women and children\u2064 also shed light on the collaboration and complicity of ordinary Gazans in the hostage scheme. Margalit described how she was moved between\u2064 different houses in Gaza, where\u2062 she encountered Gazan families \u2064living normal lives, unaware of the presence of \u200bhostages being held captive in their own neighborhoods. She witnessed children going to school and\u200b playing outside, oblivious to the atrocities happening next door.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Margalit and other hostages revealed the \u200binvolvement of Gazan\u200b doctors in the scheme. They recounted how they were secretly treated by doctors, who colluded with Hamas terrorists to keep their captivity hidden.\u200d It is deeply disturbing to\u200d think that\u2062 healthcare professionals, \u2064who are meant to\u200d save lives, were actively involved in the imprisonment and abuse of \u200cinnocent Israelis.<\/p>\n<h3>The Challenge of Rescue<\/h3>\n<p>The accounts of the Israeli hostages illustrate the \u2064immense challenge faced\u2064 by Israeli authorities in rescuing those held captive in Gaza. The deeply ingrained presence of Hamas in Gazan society poses a significant obstacle. As Michael Milshtein astutely pointed out, Hamas has integrated\u2063 itself into the \u2062social fabric of Gaza, making it difficult to \u200ddiscern who is a member of the terrorist\u2063 organization. This makes it \u2064even \u2063more\u2063 challenging to carry out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nigerian-pastor-says-government-fully-supports-killings-of-christians-report\/\" title=\"Nigerian Pastor Says Government \u2018Fully\u2019 Supports Killings Of Christians: Report\">targeted military operations<\/a> to rescue hostages without causing harm\u2062 to innocent\u2062 civilians.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the lack of soul searching and self-reflection among the \u200cGazan population, as Milshtein\u200b noted, hinders any potential for change. \u2062The indoctrination\u2064 of Hamas&#8217;s radical ideology has permeated every aspect of Gazan\u2063 life, making it difficult to\u200c disentangle the organization&#8217;s \u200dinfluence from the general population.<\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>The testimonies of Israeli women and children held captive by Hamas\u200c in Gaza are\u200c harrowing and shed light on the complexities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It is crucial to acknowledge the involvement and complicity of ordinary Gazans in the hostage scheme, as it demonstrates the deep-rooted influence of Hamas in the region. These testimonies also underline the immense challenge faced by Israeli authorities in rescuing hostages without causing harm \u2064to innocent\u200c civilians.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2063 is imperative that\u2063 the international community pays attention to \u200csuch \u2063accounts \u2063and works towards finding a lasting and peaceful resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The voices of these brave women and \u2063children must not be\u2063 silenced, and their experiences should serve as a call to action to address the underlying issues that enable such atrocities to occur.<\/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":2151255,"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-2151254","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\/2151254","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=2151254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2151254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2151255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2151254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2151254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2151254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}