Israeli hospital prepares for hostages' arrival with a dedicated ward, candles and sexual health teams

[sarisataka]

Israeli hospital prepares for hostages' arrival with a dedicated ward, candles and sexual health teams

At Tel Aviv’s Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov), an entire ward has been cleared out and redesigned to receive hostages that are set to be released from Gaza in the first phase of Israel’s ceasefire-hostage deal with Hamas.

Adorned with candles, sheets in pink and blue and folded pajama sets for adults and children, the prepared spaces are meant to give the returned hostages a sense of homeliness and comfort, following 15 months of captivity in the Gaza Strip, which has been decimated by Israeli strikes after more than a year of war.

Eli Sprecher, CEO of the Tel Aviv Medical Center, told CNN that the hospital will be notified around 24 hours before the time of the hostages’ release.

“We hope we are notified as soon as possible,” Sprecher said, adding most hostages will arrive by helicopter.

Unlike the last hostages released in November 2023, the people set to be freed this time have been held in confinement for more than a year, making their conditions likely far more complicated, hospital medical staff said.

https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/israel-hamas-ceasefire-war-palestinians-01-17-25#cm60umkrt00003b6oyfdt08qi

I fear there will be many horror stories coming out over the next few weeks and months. I also fear they will often be dismissed.

[Mosby]

1. It's really depressing to me how the conflict was politicized.

People chose to do that.

And now we find out that half the people on the planet are antisemites. WTH.

[sarisataka]

2. I suspect most of them already were, they are just open about it now.

The bodies were still warm when Hamas' "great victory" was celebrated worldwide.

[Mountainguy]

3. Not just dismissed

There are those who will justify it