Freed Hamas hostage talks about her ordeal

Global News Podcast

BBC

Daily News, News

4.3 • 8.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Yocheved Lifschitz, who is 85, has been describing her treatment during her 16 days of captivity. She says she was beaten when she was first abducted but later treated well in Gaza. Mrs Lifschitz was released along with Nurit Cooper, who is 79. Also: A new report suggests the world is on an "unstoppable" shift towards renewable energy, and a cautionary tale about fame, family and betrayal: Britney Spears publishes her autobiography.

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0:27.0	I'm Valerie Sanderson and at 1300 hours GMT on Tuesday the 24th of October these are our main stories.
0:37.0	An 85 year old Israeli woman who was freed after being taken hostage by Hamas has spoken about her ordeal.
0:44.0	Israel has kept up its bombardment of the Gaza Strip.
0:47.0	We hear from our reporter in the south of the territory.
0:50.0	A dispute between rival mining unions in South Africa has kept hundreds of workers underground since Sunday.
0:59.0	Also in this podcast,
1:01.0	Just three years ago, one in 25 cars sold or electric and now that is one in five
1:06.7	which is staggering. A new report suggests the world is on an unstoppable shift
1:12.1	towards renewable energy and a cautionary tale about
1:15.8	fame, family and betrayal. Brittany Spears publishes her autobiography.
1:25.0	One of the two elderly women released by Hamas after being abducted and kept hostage in Gaza for 16 days
1:32.0	has been speaking to the media in Tel Aviv.
1:35.0	Yokkibéd Lipschitz was handed over alongside Nuret Cooper,
1:39.0	but their husbands and more than 200 other people remain in Gaza.
1:43.2	The elderly women had both been taken from their homes in a caboots
1:47.1	close to the Gaza border.
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