Israeli hostages freed from Hamas set to deliver remarks: Watch live

Two elderly women who were captured by Hamas on Oct. 7 and forced into Gaza with more than 200 individuals were released Monday and are slated to deliver remarks Thursday.

85-year-old Yocheved Lifshitz told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the militants beat her with sticks, bruising her ribs and making it hard to breathe as they kidnapped her. They drove her into Gaza, then forced her to walk several kilometers on wet ground to reach a network of tunnels that looked like a spider web.

Once there, she said, she was treated well, fed and given medical care.

Lifshitz and 79-year-old Nurit Cooper were freed days after an American woman and her teenage daughter were released.

The event is scheduled to begin 1:30 p.m. EDT.

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