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Freed hostages starved underground, forced into humiliating rituals, one disguised as Muslim woman
The six freed hostages endured months of isolation, abuse, and deprivation in Hamas’s underground tunnel network.
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Avera Mengistu, Hisham al-Sayed freed in stable physical condition
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