“In some instances, kids have been taken moments after staring at their folks being brutally murdered,” stated Dr. Zion Hagai, chairman of the Israel Scientific Affiliation. “They don’t seem to be best pressured to reside with this trauma however to revel in it in a extraordinary, darkish and frightening position.”

Audio system highlighted the instances of a number of specifically susceptible hostages, amongst them Raz Ben Ami, 57, from the Be’eri kibbutz, who was once being handled for neurosarcoidosis, a major and uncommon illness that has effects on the mind, spinal wire or peripheral nerves, inflicting listening to and imaginative and prescient loss, confusion, agitation and different results.

Dr. Arnon Elizur spoke of a tender affected person, Yagil Yaakov, who has a life-threatening peanut hypersensitive reaction and may just die in mins if he have been uncovered to even hint quantities of peanut powder. Islamic Jihad, some other militant staff within the Gaza Strip, lately revealed a video of the boy, having a look faded and skinny, with darkish shadows below his eyes.

“I will’t consider what goes thru his thoughts when he’s served meals,” Dr. Elizur stated. “Can he make certain it doesn’t comprise hint quantities of peanuts? Each and every meal for him is like taking part in Russian roulette.”

The son of some other hostage, Haim Peri, stated that his father had complicated middle illness.

“He’s an artist, a peace activist and a person who at all times fought for human rights,” stated the son, Noam Peri. “He’s a courageous guy, however at age 80, he isn’t a wholesome guy, and calls for day by day drugs. He’ll no longer continue to exist captivity for lengthy.”