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Hamas-Massaker vor drei Jahren: Nach Geiselhaft: „Das Leben wird nie wieder dasselbe sein“

Am 7. Oktober 2023 überfielen Terroristen aus dem Gazastreifen Grenzorte in Israel, töteten und entführten viele Menschen, darunter auch Deutsche. Wie geht es den ehemaligen Geiseln heute?

Hamas-Massaker vor drei Jahren: Nach Geiselhaft: „Das Leben wird nie wieder dasselbe sein“

Three years after the Hamas massacre in Israel, survivors and their families are still struggling with the traumatic aftermath, according to Efrat Machikawa, a German-Palestinian journalist. Her aunt and uncle were taken to Gaza during the attack, and they still find it difficult to sleep. Their relatives suffered in poor hygienic conditions and had little food, Machikawa says.

Among those held captive was Gadi Moses, an 83-year-old Israeli-Israeli, who was held by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) for 482 days. He suffered greatly from his captors' lies about his family, including the false reports that his wife was also held captive. Moses learned the truth via radio broadcast after the November 2023 release, which left him devastated.

His wife died during an attempted kidnapping, while attempting to stop the terrorists, when the Israeli army attacked their vehicle.

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