Doron Katz Asher and her daughters were held captive for nearly 50 days after a terror attack on October 7.
They were taken into Gaza, where they endured psychological warfare and were kept in various locations, including a home and a hospital.
Despite being released, the trauma lingers, especially as others, including Asher’s mother’s partner, remain in captivity. (Trending: Fauci’s Ex-Boss Admits The Truth About COVID)
“Another terrorist unit entered and took us also,” Asher recalled.
“They stitched my wounds without anesthetic, on the couch while my girls were next to me,” Asher said. “I told them there are no terrorists anymore and we’re with good people now who are guarding us until we can return home,” she said.
“They didn’t give us a lot of information, they mainly tried to say that Hamas wants to release us but in Israel no one cares about us,” Asher said. “That we won’t return to live in the kibbutz because it’s not our house – it’s not the place where we belong.”
The hospital is “a place that is supposed to take care of people, but instead it was taken over by Hamas and they used it to hide hostages,” Asher said.
“No one told us that we were getting released,” she later said, “so the drive through the streets of Gaza was very, very frightening. This is the first time that Raz said to me, after a month and a half of me protecting her, ‘Mommy, I’m scared,’” Asher said.
“It’s one big show,” Asher said of Hamas’ attempt to pretend as if they are providing adequate care to hostages.
“Before I was released, my girls and I were barefoot for 50 days. We were cold because they were wearing short sleeves in November.” But Hamas “put me in a nice dress,” before being given to the Red Cross, Asher said.
The experience has left a lasting impact on Asher and her daughters, who are trying to regain a sense of normalcy while grappling with the aftermath of the ordeal.
“We didn’t see daylight that entire time … for them, just to be able to run outside, here in our yard, that’s the first thing they did. There was one day that they saw a tractor here and they asked if the evil men are here. I had to tell them no, the tractor doesn’t belong to the evil men,” Asher said.
“The tractor isn’t the thing that hurt you, it’s something we work with in the field, in construction. While we were hostages all of my energy was devoted to the girls, because if I were to get lost in grief there would be no one to take care of them,” she said.
“I was acting on autopilot … I’m still on autopilot.”
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