Many hostages released by Hamas still being treated for trauma

Protesters call for the release of all hostages during a march outside the IDF headquarters Tel Aviv, Israel, on 23 December. Photograph: Alexi J Rosenfeld/Getty Images

Many of the hostages released from detention in Gaza by Hamas in November still require intensive treatment for the trauma from their weeks in captivity, a leading Israeli psychiatrist has said.

Renana Eitan, the head of psychiatry at the Ichilov Tel Aviv medical centre, said the hostages had undergone the worst abuse and trauma she had witnessed in her career.