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Hostage Trauma and Political Fallout Three Years After Oct 7 · Israel Today: Ongoing War Report

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  Speaker 1: You're listening to Israel Today ongoing war report. I'm Noah Levi.
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  Speaker 1: Three years after the October 7th massacre, the war remains unresolved,
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  Speaker 1: and for many Israelis, the event is not in the
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  Speaker 1: past but a lived reality. Former hostage Guy Gilboa Dalal
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  Speaker 1: shared the profound psychological trauma he continues to experience, detailing
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  Speaker 1: persistent nightmares, and the lasting impact of sexual abuse and threats,
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  Speaker 1: endured during his over two years of captivity in Gaza.
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  Speaker 1: He described the difficult rehabilitation process, noting, You think to
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  Speaker 1: yourself when you're in captivity, I'll come back and it
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  Speaker 1: will basically be perfect. But when you are there, you
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  Speaker 1: aren't aware of the rehabilitation process that you have to
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  Speaker 1: go through when you return. Gilboa Dalal was abducted from
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  Speaker 1: the Nova Festival and returned to Israel in October 2025
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  Speaker 1: after 738 days. Other former hostages also reflect on the
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  Speaker 1: enduring consequences of their captivity. Emily Damery finds gratitude in
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  Speaker 1: ordinary life, while Eli Sharabi, who lost family members on
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  Speaker 1: October 7, stated, I choose life. Hagar Broduch is finding
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  Speaker 1: a new path by learning to bake. The accounts underscore
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  Speaker 1: that for many, freedom is a daily reminder of what
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  Speaker 1: was taken, and returning to life is a complex struggle.
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  Speaker 1: The impact of the October 7 attacks is further emphasised
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  Speaker 1: by the ongoing dissemination of graphic footage depicting Hamas's atrocities,
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  Speaker 1: including the killing, kidnapping and torture of elderly individuals, babies
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  Speaker 1: and children. Reports detail Hamas terrorists murdering civilians in their homes,
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  Speaker 1: while hiding and during escape attempts, later sending images from
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  Speaker 1: victims' phones to their loved ones. The attacks on southern
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  Speaker 1: Israeli communities are described as the worst massacre of Jews
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  Speaker 1: since the Holocaust. resulting in approximately 1,200 murdered and over
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  Speaker 1: 250 taken hostage. Amidst this ongoing reality, military operations continue.
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  Speaker 1: Data from three years of war indicates the IDF has
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  Speaker 1: hit 100,000 targets and fired over 31,500 projectiles, with reports
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  Speaker 1: of four Hamas chiefs killed and new outposts established. The
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  Speaker 1: Reserve Army has also expanded by 36%. In domestic politics,
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  Speaker 1: Former hostage Gadi Moses has accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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  Speaker 1: of opposing a State Commission of Inquiry into the October
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  Speaker 1: 7 massacre, due to potential political consequences. Moses, who was
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  Speaker 1: held for 482 days, stated, I think the Prime Minister
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  Speaker 1: knows exactly what happened, and he is simply opposed to
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  Speaker 1: a State Commission of Inquiry. This comes as the establishment
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  Speaker 1: of such a commission remains a significant political issue ahead
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  Speaker 1: of upcoming elections. with opposition parties pledging to create one
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  Speaker 1: if they form the next government. Meanwhile, the IDF, Israel
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  Speaker 1: Police and the Shin Bet have held a joint assessment
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  Speaker 1: to prepare for the upcoming sensitive period in elections, reviewing
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  Speaker 1: the intelligence situation and agreeing on measures to strengthen multi-agency defence. Separately,
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  Speaker 1: Jewish groups have expressed concerns over the activism of Hannah Gann,
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  Speaker 1: a 34-year-old Philadelphia high school teacher. Gann confessed to fabricating
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  Speaker 1: a Palestinian and black identity, while being Jewish in real life.
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  Speaker 1: Concerns have been raised regarding her alleged anti-Semitic remarks at rallies,
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  Speaker 1: including one where she called to F, K the police
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  Speaker 1: until Palestine is free, and her organising of pro-Palestinian educational
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  Speaker 1: events in 2024 that reportedly erased Israel from maps and
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  Speaker 1: characterised October 7th as resistance. For continuing coverage of anti-Semitism
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  Speaker 1: around the world, listen to Anti-Semitism Watch from Clockwork Media.
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  Speaker 1: Find it at clockwickmedia.org slash watch. I'm Noah Levi, thank
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