"The horrific state of released Israeli hostages conjures up images of concentration camp survivors while Hamas accuses Israel of ceasefire violations."
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"If President Donald Trump needed more reason to pursue his “take over” Gaza pipedream, Hamas pulled through again over the weekend. On Saturday, Feb. 8, Israeli hostages Eli Sharabi (52), Or Levy (34), and Ohad Ben Ami (56) were released as part of the ceasefire agreement with Israel showing visible signs of physical and mental abuse and evidence of starvation in clear violation of the Geneva Convention on the treatment of prisoners. Their empty stares and frail bodies looked as if they were straight from the 1945 Nazi concentration camp liberations.
"Following the same publicity stunt from the hostage release on Jan. 25, Sharabi, Levy, and Ben Ami — the first males released in “phase one” of the current agreement — were handed over to the Red Cross after publicly exhibited on a curated stage in the central Gazan city Deir al-Balah.
But whereas the last hostages released exuded confidence and poise, shaming Hamas and turning what should have been their humiliation into a victory, the three men on Saturday were hard to watch. They looked grossly malnourished with haggard faces, crushed spirits, and visibly unstable on their feet, shuffling their steps and needing help getting in and out of the SUVs. (RELATED: Israeli Hostages Turn Humiliation into Victory)
"Sharabi and Ben Ami mounted the stage dressed in brown prison uniforms that seemed to swallow their skeletal frames. Levy, barely recognizable, and while not serving in the IDF, was dressed in military olive drab as Hamas considers any Israeli under the age of 50 a soldier. They were made to speak into microphones before the crowd about how well they were treated in captivity and stressed the urgent need for more hostage-prisoner exchanges. Many Israeli news outlets refused to air the speeches, knowing full well it was scripted propaganda.
The depressing scene sparked immediate outrage across Israel. “He looks terrible,” Ben Ami’s mother said. “He is 57, but he looks ten years older …. he looked like a skeleton.” . . .
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