Doctors reveal health issues suffered by Israeli hostages taken by Hamas READ MORE: Tears of joy as traumatized Israeli hostages reunite with families By Cassidy Morrison Senior Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com Published: 08:01, 7 August 2024 | Updated: 08:01, 7 August 2024 e-mail View comments Doctors who treated freed Israeli hostages who were captured by the group Hamas in October have revealed the state of their health when they were returned. Twenty-six hostages were released to an Israeli hospital where many of them were found to be malnourished, having survived on a diet made up primarily of white bread, a new study states.
Blood tests also showed they had been exposed to a range of diseases, including typhus and spotted fever, during their 50 days in captivity. Many of them were also experiencing head lice due to poor hygiene conditions, including a lack of running water. Others had shrapnel wounds that had gone untreated for so long the pieces could not be surgically removed.
Doctors also noted severe psychological trauma, particularly in the young children who had been ripped from their homes or forced to watch loved ones be murdered. Physicians at the Schneider-Children's Medical Center in Israel called it an 'atrocious situation,' acknowledging the true traumatic toll of the war and captivity will continue to reveal itself for years to come. A newly released hostage is pictured here being handed over to the Red Cross in Rafah.
She was one of around 250 who were t.