The daughter of two people taken captive by Hamas on 7 October has
spoken to BBC Newsnight after returning to the UK from Israel.

Sharone Lifschitz’s mother, Yocheved, 85, was freed two weeks ago – her
father, Oded, 83, is still missing.

Sharone described has mother as a “ray of light”, but said there’s also
“great darkness”, and that she’s still waiting for news about her father.

“I don’t even know if he’s dead or alive. We know he was injured, we
know he has been shot, but we don’t know if he survived,” she said.

She called for the hostages held by Hamas to be released, and also
described the “suffering of the children” of the Gaza Strip as “horrific”.

“Any human being will find that horrific because we share humanity,” she
said, adding that she wanted the communities “to work towards the possibility
of life together”.