Israeli Woman Released by Hamas After Anti-War Daughter Publicly Blasted Negotiators - The Messenger
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The 84-year-old mother of an Israeli peace activist was released from captivity by Hamas terrorists on Tuesday — one day after her daughter criticized the talks to free her and scores of other hostages.

Ditza Heiman's daughter, Neta Heiman Mina, fumed at "all those involved in the negotiations for the release of the abductees" in a message posted Monday on X, formerly Twitter.

"In which country does it make sense for me to read in the media that my mother is not on the list today? Try to keep the information with you for 10 minutes, until you inform all the families and then vomit out," she wrote in Hebrew.

Heiman Mina, a member of Women Wage Peace, also scolded the Israeli media to "exercise discretion!"

Ditza Heiman
Ditza HeimanDitza Heiman

"For several days now I've been hearing you praise yourselves for not publishing the lists before the families know, but when you write 9 children and two mothers, dozens of families already understand," she wrote.

"I hope that in the coming days, you will face this situation again and again and maybe this time you will behave properly."

Ditza Heiman was kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir Oz, whose residents reportedly comprise about 30% of the hostages being held in Gaza.

It's also where a Hamas terrorist recorded a woman dying in a pool of her own blood and uploaded videos of the horrific scene to the victim's Facebook page, where they were seen by her granddaughter.

Another of Heiman's daughters called her shortly after she was kidnapped on Oct. 7 — only to have a terrorist answer the phone, Heiman Mina told the BBC earlier this month.

"They were shouting 'It's Hamas, it's Hamas!'" Heiman Mina said.

"My sister was terrified, she hung up. I didn't think they had taken her. I thought they had killed her."

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