From the Liveblog of
Saturday, December 9, 2023
Freed Gaza hostage: Situation in captivity ‘reminded me of the Holocaust’
In the final video from freed hostages screened at tonight’s Tel Aviv rally for release of the rest of the abductees, Ofelia Roitman, 77, says her situation in captivity reminded her of stories about the concentration camps during the Holocaust.
“I was very afraid,” she says in the video released by the Bring Them Home Now organization. “In the first few weeks I thought I had gone crazy, because I was alone, I was almost without light, I was almost without food.
“It reminded me of the subject of the Holocaust — I was [collecting] pieces of pita bread so that tomorrow I would have food,” she says, calling on the government to take action to free the rest of the hostages.
Ofelia Roitman (77): “In the first two weeks (of captivity) I thought I was crazy. I was all alone, there was barely any light, there was barely any food.
The days are very difficult, one day is like a whole week when you are there”. pic.twitter.com/pu9ufCIEXy— Elad Simchayoff (@Elad_Si) December 9, 2023
