In a few telling phrases 85 year old hostage Yocheved Lifshitz suggested why the Israelis are having such difficulty in mounting a ground operation against Hamas in Gaza, let alone devising a strategy for what happens after.
She explained how she and her fellow hostages from the 7th October attacks on the villages and kibbutzim had been kept in well organised barracks and rooms after “walking for kilometers’ through underground corridors and walkways.
