Full interview: Released hostage held by Hamas recounts harrowing experience



In an exclusive interview with NBC News’ Richard Engel, 85-year-old Yocheved Lifshitz, who spent 17 days in Hamas captivity, says time is running out to free the remaining hostages.

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43 comments

  1. While 2 people looking for peace 2 states solution but they are people still looking Gaza land lucrative to them https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKDYbh_LDyI

  2. its like from the movie "the Pianist"

  3. Prayers of protection to all the innocent civilians🙏🙏🙏

  4. this lady is 85 and had to go thru this unimaginable horror, what a blessing she is alive and back home, im praying for her husband

  5. Hamas is a bunch of motherf…..s

  6. To the skeptics:- I suppose this is all propaganda. The lady is reading a from a script and the burned down house was staged. It is all in doubt because it was not caught on camera – and even if it was that could also be faked- right?
    If we can't trust what an elderly lady is saying anymore why then should anyone bother to be truthful at all? An if that is the case, what does is matter which side your are on? All that matters is who wins the war. That is the logic the skeptics are advocating. You see how insane the world has become?

  7. When she was released her husband hadn’t been released yet so she was under duress to speak well about Hamas- now she found out Hamas does not give necessary medicine to Hostages, so she knows her 90-year-old husband is unlikely to still be alive without his heart and blood pressure medicine.. So she feels she can speak the truth about her conditions as a hostage.

  8. Selfish in the sense,no mention of the ppl of Palestine

  9. החוליגנים האלה, אפסי אפסים. לא שונים מהנאצים.

  10. No one will win this war. So very sorry that innocents are going through this. Both nations.

  11. You forgot to show the clip where the old woman made sure to turn around and hug the hamas fighter as she was being exchanged. You also forgot to mention how the old woman denounces the IDF and current government, even after being held as a hostage. Cool stuff Peacock. Very balanced.

  12. These monsters won’t even let the Red Cross in to see their captives. The world should be condemning Hamas.

  13. I saw 🇮🇱 people high fiving shaking hands with Hamas.

  14. She must have known that she was living on land that had been illegally annexed by Israel.

  15. Nice try NBC, this lady shook the hand of captor. Her initial statement was not what you trying to extract from her. I am not Jewish or a zionist. Oded will be fine, he will come home safely. Hamas will take care of Oded as they took care of his wife.

  16. When the hostages are freed the war will be over. Yet, the UN does not help in this. Makes me question the UN’s intentions

  17. These beautiful people are PEACE activists caught in the middle of those who are on the wrong side of history – those on both sides still exerting might over right. I pray the tides turn for our evolution where Right Over Might is always the answer, praying for peace in Israel, Palestine and everywhere in this world as history repeats itself. Love and hope from the U.S. for this human’s safe return and the good people on BOTH sides.

  18. My heart breaks for this family and all of the families of those held captive. That is exactly the goal of terrorists, to force us to give in and meet their demands. Giving in to their demands then encourages further kidnapping because the terrorists see that they get what they want from doing it. It’s a no win situation.

  19. What are the advantages and benefits of MUSLIMS, ARABS and Palestinians for US and for WESTERN countries?

    the advantages and benefits of the Jewish people for US and western countries have clearly been proven to be extraordinary…

    WHAT Arab ,Palestinian and Muslims will GIVE TO US and WESTERN COUNTRIES?
    Can they match or even exceed the Jews?
    I one hundred percent doubt it because it has been proven in many European countries that have accepted them.including in their own country and the region. .

    Someday you have to choose one,, JEWS or MUSLIM/Arab/Palestina,..
    I hope u don't be latelate to choose

  20. LORD SOS Please HELP release These poor and many sick, old hostagers now ,We BEG you LORD ❤️ sent a miracle for the world to see THANK you Lord We TRUST in You LORD ❤️🙏

  21. Its not hamas (its Palestinian military)

    It's not Israel (it's Palestine)

    It's not Nazareth (it's Al Nasra)

    It's not Acre (it's Akka)

    It's not Beit She' an (it's Bisan)

    It's not Tel Aviv Yafo (it's Yaffa)

    It's not Jaffa, (it's Yaffa)

    It's not Hebron (it's Al Khalil)

    It's not Jerusalem (it's Al Quds)

    It's not Jericho (it's Arecha)

    It's not Lod (it's al-Lydd)

    It's not Bethlehem (it's Bayt Lahm)

    It's not the Negev (it's al-Naqab)

    It's not Beer Sheva, (it's Bir As-Saba')

    It's not Tiberias, (it's Tabariyya)

    It's not Gush Halav, (its Al-Jish)

  22. The Israeli terrorists have Palestinian families captive long before Oct 7

  23. How about we interview some Palestinians?

  24. very emotional interview. breaks my heart to see elderly and children suffer on both sides for the ideology of a few.

  25. The interviewer asked her about everything safe about how she was treated. She hasn’t criticised her captors more than her government that has other objectives than releasing the captives.

  26. Despite these realities TERRORIST SYMPATHIZING NATIONS in the un still voted to force a ceasefire where hamas will most likely replenish their arsenal, regroup and make this mess last longer.

  27. End occupation
    apply 2 state solution as per UN resolution 1967

  28. I wish better to her mum ,however i hope this lady understand the be nice to musilms and palestinians dosent pay …look what they did with all your family and friends

  29. She’s alive that’s the most important it means she was treated well. That’s her first statement after release. That’s it!!

  30. 7:27 "ONLY A NEGOTIATION AND A CEASEFIRE CAN GET THEM OUT ALIVE." – Mrs Yocheved Lifshitz

    The Israeli government is completely focused on ethnic cleansing in Gaza, they don't even put their own people, their lives and wellbeing in the first place. It is obvious to the whole decent world.

    Besides, Netanyahu didn't even explain how October the 7th was even possible, he said there was no time for analysing. He grabbed the bombs and pressed the red buttons immediately, like he couldn't wait to do so. How was it even possible that these Hamas gunmen on those poor even (for that context) grotesque motorcycles break through the most Hi-tech equipped and the most observated wall in the world. The world is waiting to find it all out, how was it even possible?

    Someone is playing with the lives of ordinary good people on both sides. Young lady is showing a beautiful garden with cactuses, as it once was. On the other side, the Palestinians were growing olive trees, before they were pushed away from their land, we shouldn't forget how heartbreaking and injustice it was as well. Mrs Lifshitz I wish from all my heart that your husband comes back.

    At the end, we hear about "common people" from Israel, one or more than one story about each of them. I am thankful to hear their stories. And about "common people" of Gaza? Not one story. 9000+ children have been killed up to today. There is just A NUMBER – NINE THOUSANDS. Nine thousand stories were not told to anyone. 20 000 stories altogether till today. Is it alright? Is it acceptable?

    History is not going to forget this. Tomorrow it could happen to all of us because we didn't raise our voices when needed. This is the breakdown of humanity.

  31. The woke left doesn't care about these victims.

  32. Since we are used to being bombarded. That’s unbelievable.

  33. at the end of the interview she is asking Qatar to do its job in getting the hostages out !!! ….this sentence by an israili citizen says so much that Israeli government and leaders are not caring about the hostages' beloved ones….they were protesting in Tel Aviv for days with only false promises by netenyaho i!!! i think I S R A E L needs new leaders …..their leaders are doing nothing but barbaric military work …killing palestinian children and woman ….sacrificing israli and palestinian lifes

  34. I dont even trust her daughter in law even for dime. she is trying to capitalise on her mother in laws ordeal

  35. Miracles can happen. God is merciful…😢❤

  36. I don’t know who make this old women lie. Hamas or IDF? Both sides people are suffering…..

  37. "We are used to being bombarded"

    😮😮😮

    Okay, that makes me confused, since from my country media (even from the celebrity), they told us that Israel was the one who always attack Palestine. I'm super duper confused right now

  38. I thought the holocaust was never going to happen again