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What the papers say – October 25

Freed hostage Yocheved Lifshitz and comments by the UN Secretary-General dominate Wednesday’s front pages.

The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2023

Israel-Palestine live: IDF hits West Bank with drone strike as ‘700 killed’ in Gaza air raids

Palestinian officials say death toll since 7 October now stands at 5,791

The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2023

UN’s António Guterres calls for immediate ceasefire to end ‘epic suffering’ in Gaza

Secretary general’s comments spark fierce row and Israeli calls for resignation as 700 deaths are reported in a day and hospitals close for want of electricity

The Guardian - UK · Oct 24, 2023

Freed Israeli hostage: Hamas kidnapping was 'hell'

In a remarkable press conference given the day after her release, Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, described how Hamas descended on her kibbutz near Gaza, tied her up, threw her over a motorcycle and beat her.

WEKU · Oct 24, 2023

Now freed, an Israeli hostage describes the 'hell' of harrowing Hamas attack and terrifying capture

Eighty-five year-old Yocheved Lifschitz spoke of a “hell that we never knew before and never thought we would experience” as she described the harrowing assault on her kibbutz by Hamas militants and the terror of being taken hostage into the Gaza Strip

The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2023

Grandmother released by Hamas ‘keen to share information’

A GRANDMOTHER released as a hostage by Hamas militants is “very sharp and is very keen” to share information, her daughter has said.

The National (Scotland) · Oct 24, 2023

Hamas hostage release: Two elderly Israelis leave Gaza after Egypt and Qatar broker deal

Hamas, who took more than 200 hostages in an attack in Israel two weeks ago, said it released the hostages – two elderly Israeli women – on ‘humanitarian grounds’

The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2023

'Now let them all go': Daughter's plea to Hamas terrorists as elderly mother released

Yocheved Lifshitz tells reporters Hamas hit her with sticks and kept her in a 'spider web' of tunnels

Evening Standard · Oct 24, 2023

A dozen Britons killed in Hamas attack with five missing, No 10 says

London-based daughter of one of hostages released tells BBC her mother, 85, is OK but her father is still missing

The Guardian - UK · Oct 24, 2023

Watch live: Family of British-Israeli Hamas hostages address Israeli Embassy in London

Watch live as family members of British-Israeli Hamas hostages address the Israeli Embassy in London on Tuesday, 24 October.

The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2023