The aunt of an Israeli child hostage recently freed by Hamas revealed that the children were beaten, forced to watch horrifying videos, and threatened with guns.
The hostages were separated from their husbands and fathers, who are still held by Hamas.
Reports indicate the hostages were deprived of food, water, and medicine, and suffered long-term psychological harm. (Trending: Biden Shamefully Removes God From National Address)
We are starting to learn about the impact of Hamas captivity on the children and it's utterly heartbreaking.
Thomas Hand, father of 9-year-old Emily, says the little girl thought she had been held hostage for a year and now cries herself to sleep.
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One father described his daughter as whispering and crying herself to sleep, with the Red Cross failing to provide needed medicines or advocate for their welfare.
Deborah Cohen, the aunt of Eitan Yahalomi, 12, said, “Eitan apparently saw horrors over there [in Gaza]. … Hamas forced Eitan to watch a horror film [of October 7], that no one could [bear to] watch.”
“Every time that a child cried over there, they threatened [the child] with a gun to be quiet.”
“She added that child hostages had been beaten when they arrived in Gaza after being kidnapped by Hamas,” the report found.
Thomas Hand, the father of nine-year-old Emily Hand, said, “It was only when she stepped back that I could see her face was chiseled, like mine, whereas before it was chubby, girly, a young kid face.”
“The most shocking, disturbing part of meeting her was she was just whispering, you couldn’t hear her. I had to put my ear on her lips,” he says. “She’d been conditioned not to make any noise.”
“Last night she cried until her face was red and blotchy, she couldn’t stop. She didn’t want any comfort, I guess she’s forgotten how to be comforted,” Hand says.
“She went under the covers of the bed, the quilt, covered herself up and quietly cried.”
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