Released hostage’s press conference: ‘disaster for Israel, boon for Hamas’

GAZA — Israeli experts have described the press conference held by the recently released hostage as a "disaster for Israel and a boon for Hamas." They have criticized the decision to put Yochved Lifshitz in front of the cameras, noting that international media is now highlighting Hamas's "good treatment" of the hostages.اضافة اعلان

The cameras were a mistake
The Israeli public broadcasting agency, "Kan," quoted Israeli PR experts who described Lifshitz’s decision to face the cameras as a "mistake." They mentioned that international media is now emphasizing Hamas's "kindness in attending to the hostages' needs,” Sky News Arabia reported.

Another video of released hostages telling that they were treated nicely:

“They were friendly towards them, they took care of them, and gave them medicine and antibiotics.”

Why is the Israeli govt censoring this information?
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A victory for Hamas
In the "Israel Hayom" newspaper, writer Edy Rothstein characterizes the interview as a "propaganda victory for Hamas." He states, "What a brave and enlightened woman, the kind we thought no longer existed in Israel. What an inept handling of the event... You don't need to be a PR expert to know that a live press conference on television is not the way to go."

Any sensible person should understand that the medical care she received was intended to keep bargaining chips alive.

On Monday evening, Hamas's armed wing announced that it had released two elderly captives, aged 79 and 85, who had been held in Gaza, following Qatari and Egyptian mediation. Later, Israeli media reported that the women released by Hamas are resting at a hospital in Tel Aviv and… pic.twitter.com/XPxgBHxf95

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On the other hand, Dafna Liel from Channel 12 expressed that what Fischitz described about Hamas's treatment remains "extremely shocking." She adds, "Any sensible person should understand that the medical care she received was intended to keep bargaining chips alive, not out of the goodness of their hearts."

Channel reporter Dana Vais labeled the press conference as a "catastrophe." Lifshitz, the elderly Israeli who was released by Hamas late Tuesday night stated during the press conference after undergoing medical examinations at a Tel Aviv hospital that the militants provided her with protection, a doctor for treatment, and the same medicine she had been receiving in Israel.

Lifshitz, 85 years old, was one of two women released by Hamas late yesterday, bringing the total number of people still held by the group to 220. She mentioned that a doctor visited her and ensured that she and the other detainees received the same medication they had been taking in Israel.


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