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Released Israeli captive recounts conversations with Hamas guards in Gaza
27 July 2024 17:57 BST
Released Israeli captive Liat Beinin Atzili said in a recent interview that her time in captivity in Gaza was marked by long conversations she had with the Hamas members holding her.
“I understood that what would help me survive was as much communication as possible with them,” she told Israeli newspaper Haaretz in an extensive interview published on Saturday.
“They wanted us to see them as people, and we wanted them to see us as people. So very quickly conversations started about family, about our lives, and it worked. I was totally dependent on those people. I wanted them to like me, I wanted them to get to know me, I wanted them to care about me. That's how you survive.”