Gaza hostages risk lasting psychological trauma: experts

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If and when the hostages held by Hamas in Gaza are released under any deal, they face the risk of lasting psychological trauma, experts warned, citing the suffering of people freed previously.

“There are some that are living dead. As if they were frozen in time and place in Gaza, and haven’t returned,” said Merav Roth, a clinical psychologist who treated some of those former hostages and their families.

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