Former hostage Naama Levy recounted her time in Hamas captivity during a demonstration at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv on Saturday night.
Levy stated that she drank rainwater and spoke of her fears due to explosions nearby.
"More than anything, what terrified me were the explosions. There’s nowhere for them to run. They just pray."
"In the first weeks of captivity, I was alone. Sometimes, entire days went without food, and only a little water. My captors placed a pot outside the house where I was being held, and the rain filled it. That's what kept me going," Levy stated.
Naama Levy abducted, released with other female IDF observers
Levy was abducted from the Nahal Oz base along with several other female IDF observers during the October 7 massacre.
Levy’s plight quickly gained international attention when footage of her in Gaza, in bloodied grey sweatpants, circulated online. Released hostages told the family that she was wounded.
Families of hostages and demonstrators gathered at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv on Saturday night as the Israeli negotiating team returned from Doha, following reports that little breakthrough had occurred in recent negotiations.
Families of hostages call for a deal to bring everyone home
"We support a courageous government that will make a brave decision and bring them home," Liran Berman, brother of Gali and Ziv Berman, said at the demonstration. "We support an Israeli victory - which means the return of all the hostages."
Mother of Matan Zangauker spoke as well, saying, "Nearly 600 days that my son has been tortured in Hamas captivity. Day after day, he hears the bombings and sits alone, feeling forgotten, that he's been left behind.
"Tell me, Mr. Prime Minister: How do you sleep at night knowing you're abandoning 58 hostages? Instead of being a brave leader and ending this war already, you continue it."
"Everyone is one phase means saving the lives of those who have survived in captivity for so long, with endless courage and bravery - moment by moment," the widow and daughter of Yossi Sharabi, Nira and Ofir Sharabi, said.
"Everyone in one phase means giving the final and necessary respect to those murdered in horrific ways, whose families are still waiting for them."