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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Peter Beaumont

Israeli hostage, 85, told Hamas chief he should be ‘ashamed of himself’

Yocheved Lifshitz speaks at a press conference in Tel Aviv.
Yocheved Lifshitz was freed in October before the current series of hostage and Palestinian prisoner releases. Photograph: Ariel Schalit/AP

An 85-year-old Israeli peace activist who was kidnapped by Hamas and later released, described how she confronted the Hamas chief, Yahya Sinwar, in a Gaza tunnel and told him he should be “ashamed of himself” for his role in ordering the 7 October massacre of 1,200 Israelis.

Yocheved Lifshitz, who was freed in October before the current series of hostage and Palestinian prisoner releases, said she met Sinwar in a part of the Hamas tunnel network where she was being held captive, which she previously described as an extensive warren.

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