{"id":16421,"date":"2025-03-30T23:45:46","date_gmt":"2025-03-30T23:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/israeli-hostages-bond-through-horror-of-hamas-captivity\/"},"modified":"2025-03-30T23:45:46","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T23:45:46","slug":"israeli-hostages-bond-through-horror-of-hamas-captivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/israeli-hostages-bond-through-horror-of-hamas-captivity\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli hostages bond through horror of Hamas captivity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>As Hamas stormed their kibbutz on Oct. 7, 2023, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/freed-israeli-hostages-call-for-ceasefire-with-hamas-return-of-gaza-captives-60-minutes-transcript\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Keith and Aviva Siegel<\/a> were locked in their safe room, listening to the sound of rockets and sirens outside.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Soon, the terror arrived at their doorstep.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The militants violently assaulted the grandparents, both in their 60s.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They shoved Aviva out of a window, tearing her meniscus. As the militants forced them into their own car at gunpoint, the assailants broke Keith&#8217;s ribs and shot him in the hand.<\/p>\n<p>The injured and terrified couple were driven into Gaza and brought into a tunnel.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We [were] put into this very small\u2026cramped niche,&#8221; Keith told 60 Minutes correspondent Lesley Stahl. &#8220;You couldn&#8217;t stand up\u2026 No room to walk around. Only if we needed to use the toilet, we were allowed to get out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After the first day, the guards left them alone, in pain from injuries and sickness.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We screamed\u2026 &#8216;We need help. Please, come&#8217;&#8230; no response. No reply. [We] gave up,&#8221; Keith told Stahl.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Siegels would go on to spend 51 days in Hamas captivity together, moving from location to location.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They were held with other hostages throughout that time, but they found strength and friendship in the company of two captive Israeli soldiers, Agam Berger and Liri Albag.<\/p>\n<p>Stahl asked Keith Siegel what the bond is like between hostages who survive the same horrifying experience together.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A very strong bond. Being able to look after each other\u2026 physically or mentally, emotionally, psychologically, [and] being supportive.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Aviva and Keith had a joyful reunion with Berger and a video chat with Albag, and Stahl heard more about how they supported one another.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This beautiful, gorgeous girl came, and she didn&#8217;t stop smiling even though they were just so mean to us all the time,&#8221; Aviva said, smiling to herself.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We used to just hold our hands [together]&#8230; and look at each other in so much fear. But we were together.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>They would whisper to one another, so as not to alert the guard, and tell each other stories. Keith told jokes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Most of the time, Keith cheered us up,&#8221; Berger told Stahl.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But later, Keith fell into a state of depression, becoming quiet and distant from the group for three days straight. The young soldiers pulled him out from his gloomy state.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And they got Keith out of the depression,&#8221; Aviva said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They just said that they worried about him and that he must come back to himself, because he used to make them laugh.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During a period of intense bombing, Keith offered support to Berger. &#8220;I asked how I could help calm her down\u2026 I held her hand. And I helped her.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I never cried like that when we were together until that day,&#8221; Berger told Stahl in Hebrew.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I put my head on him, and I just cried. He was comforting me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>During the interview, Berger spoke in Hebrew to Aviva and Keith. Aviva translated.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She said that we&#8217;re never gonna separate. [That] Keith and I, we&#8217;re like parents to her. And we just love her so much.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After Aviva was released during a brief ceasefire in November 2023, Keith remained in Hamas captivity for over a year more.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He told 60 Minutes he witnessed the sexual assault of hostages by Hamas militants. He said he was beaten, psychologically tortured, and humiliated by his captors.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He also told Stahl that he is &#8220;still there,&#8221; in Gaza with the remaining hostages, and thinks about them almost every minute of the day.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A majority of Israelis support a ceasefire agreement with Hamas, but the Israeli government broke the previous fighting pause over a week ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As of this weekend, reports indicate that a potential renewed ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is being discussed.<\/p>\n<p>Keith told 60 Minutes that negotiations for the release of the remaining hostages should be a top priority for the Israeli government.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I urge President Trump, I urge the administration, I urge the Israeli government, and I urge the mediating countries\u2026 to get back to negotiations and to get the hostages back,&#8221; he said standing outside of a destroyed home in Kfar Aza.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Every day that this goes on is just more and more suffering\u2026 it needs to be done now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>The video above was produced by Will Croxton. 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