Released #hostages slam #Israel, say they feared #airstrikes 'would kill us': Updates
John Bacon
Jorge L. Ortiz
..."Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his war Cabinet were assailed by released hostages and the families of those still being held by Hamas, who shared the horror of their experiences and questioned the government’s efforts to free the nearly 140 who remain in captivity.
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“We were in tunnels, terrified that it would not be Hamas but Israel that would kill us, and then they would say Hamas killed you,’’ she said. “So I strongly urge that the prisoner exchange begins as soon as possible and everyone needs to return home.’’
Another former hostage who was freed with her daughters but not her husband questioned how much the Israeli government knows about what Hamas is doing and raised the alarm about plans to flush out its fighters from the tunnels under Gaza.
"We felt as though no one was doing anything for us. The reality is that I was in a hideout that was bombed and we became wounded refugees," she said. "My husband was separated from us three days before we returned to Israel and was taken to the tunnels. And you're talking about flooding the tunnels with seawater?"...
