Freed Israeli Hostage By Hamas Blasts Army’s Lack Of Preparedness

An 85-year-old Israeli hostage named Yocheved Lifshitz, who was freed from Gaza on Monday night, criticized the Israeli army's lack of preparedness in a news conference.

An elderly woman who was formerly a prisoner of Hamas in Gaza apparently gave an interview that angered Israeli officials because she had not been adequately prepped.

Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, an Israeli prisoner who was freed from Gaza on Monday night, claimed in a news conference on Tuesday that she had been beaten on October 7, the day that Palestinian fighters assaulted southern Israel, but that she had since been treated "gently."

According to sources, the interview was a "mistake," adding that there may not have been a "preliminary meeting" with Lifshitz before her press release and that, even if one had been held, not "all questions" regarding the preparation had been asked.

Lifshitz is one of four Israelis who have been freed following an offensive by Hamas-led Palestinian fighters on Israeli ...

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