"Tell me what happened these past two years." What would we say to a just-released hostage?

Israel from the Inside with Daniel Gordis · Oct 16, 2025 · 47m

As more details come out about the ordeal that the just-freed hostages had to endure, it’s hard at times to fathom how anyone survived. A few were held captive entirely by themselves the entire time, some in chains. The psychological terror we’re learning about is mind boggling. The starvation. The beatings.

And …. having no idea what was happening in the “real” world (though their world was all too real). A few had literally no exposure to news since they were kidnapped on October 7. And now, they’re home. Were they to sit with one of us and say, “Tell me what happened,” what would we say?…