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Female hostages ‘held as slaves’

Mother of hostage Liri Albag has revealed what rescued hostage Noa Argamani told her about conditions in captivity

June 16, 2024 09:06
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Posters of some of the Israeli women kidnapped together on October 7 from the Nahal Oz base (Photo: Getty Images)
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The five Israeli girls who were abducted together on October 7 were “held as slaves”, the mother of one of them has revealed.

Liri Albag’s mother Shiri said that in a conversation with Noa Argamani, the hostage who was freed in a rescue operation just over a week ago, “Noa said that they were slaves, and so were the [female soldiers], including Liri…They cleaned the yard, did dishes and prepared food that they were not allowed to eat.”

Her daughter, 19, was initially held in a "luxury villa", said Shiri, before being moved into Hamas’ network of underground tunnels. She said that her daughter had only been allowed to shower after a month in captivity.

Shiri added: "After 40 days, they took her down to the tunnels. It's much worse. There is only salt water and not much food. No clothes to change into…I don’t want to imagine what they’re going through now.”