October 7 Survivor Recalls Her Unrwa Captor, and Just How Close the Aid Agency Is to Hamas
“I didn’t expect that my captor was actually a member,” recalls Ditza Heiman, who was released as part of the November 2023 truce deal.

When Hamas terrorists forced Ditza Heiman out of her kibbutz October 7 and drove her off to Gaza, the then-84-year-old had no idea what would happen to her. “The worst feeling was the uncertainty,” Ms. Heiman told The New York Sun in an interview this week. “I had no idea what was going on. I held onto the hope that somehow I would be brought back to Israel.”
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