84-Year-Old Israeli Hostage Breaks Silence on Captivity in U.N. Teacher’s Home

An 84-year-old Israeli woman held hostage and deprived of her diabetes medicine allegedly by a U.N. teacher in Gaza broke her silence about the ordeal today, months after officials with the teacher’s agency tried to kill a story about its connection to the 10/7 attacks.

Her testimony was included in a landmark lawsuit filed this morning in federal court in the Southern District of New York against the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. She’s among a group of more than 100 victims of the October 7 terrorist attacks — including other former hostages, the wounded, families of the dead, and hostage families — suing UNRWA and several of its current and former leaders.

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An 84-year-old Israeli woman held hostage and deprived of her diabetes medicine allegedly by a U.N. teacher in Gaza broke her silence about the ordeal today, months after officials with the teacher’s agency tried to kill a story about its connection to the 10/7 attacks.

Her testimony was included in a landmark lawsuit filed this morning in federal court in the Southern District of New York against the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. She’s among a group of more than 100 victims of the October 7 terrorist attacks — including other former hostages, the wounded, families of the dead, and hostage families — suing UNRWA and several of its current and former leaders.