‘Scary and dangerous’: Former Hamas hostage speaks out about her ordeal

An Israeli mother who watched her daughter die moments after her husband was shot by Hamas has spoken out about her ordeal. Chen Almog Goldstein was later taken hostage at gunpoint along with her other children for 51 days. “There were four or five of them inside the safe room,” Ms Almog Goldstein said. “The conditions in the apartments were not easy, when there is running water you need to decide who’s going to shower.” There were times Ms Almog Goldstein was worried she would be killed by Israeli forces. “It was really scary and dangerous, we were really in danger when they took us out to the street and we walked down the street and we saw the devastation and destruction it was really hard—it was terrible,” she said. “We need to do everything possible in order to release the people who are still there, to bring them back to their families, to bring them back to our country and do everything possible so that they’ll be released as soon as possible.”