A Thai hostage has shared what it was like for a few of the hostages, which included an Israeli, after they were captured by Hamas two months ago.
Here’s a translation from Marina Medved of the testimony:
In the first moments after the kidnapping, his group of male hostages were led to an abandoned house. One Israeli, an 18-year-old boy was with them— a boy who he said he knew. The Palestinians began beating and kicking them. The terrorists calmed down on the Thai hostages but “did not spare” the Israeli boy, who was severely beaten.
About an hour after they arrived at the first house, they were put on the van again — which took them for another half hour to another house, inside of which was the shaft of a tunnel through which they were lowered underground.
Near the tunnel shaft they were beaten a second time and photographed.
Then they were forced to walk through a dark tunnel, which he said was about a meter wide – until they reached a small room without windows, which he estimated was 1.5 meters by 1.5 meters and was lit by a small light bulb.
Then another Israeli man was brought in. For the next two days the terrorists continued to beat them, and two days later the beatings continued – but were aimed mainly at the two Israeli men. The Israelis were also whipped with electric cables.
They slept on a sandy floor.
Their total food, which was shared among 6 men, was a loaf of bread twice a day, and two bottles of water.
Their toilet was a small hole in the floor of an adjacent room, and each time they were led to it by one of the 8 Kalashnikov-armed guards assigned to them. The same guards warned them not to talk to each other.
The conditions improved a bit after they were moved again about 6 days later, into a different room in the tunnel. They now had plastic sheets on which to sleep on, and the food now had nuts and butter, and eventually rice.
What’s horrible is that there are still over 130 hostages being subjected to beatings and harsh conditions. And who knows when and if they’ll ever be released.