In the second part of its powerful 60 Minutes interview series, recently freed Israeli hostages are revealing even more disturbing details of their captivity under Hamas — including daily beatings, starvation, psychological torment, and the emotional collapse of those still held in Gaza. Their firsthand testimonies come with a shared plea: stop the fighting and bring the remaining hostages home.

Keith Siegel, an Israeli-American who was released in January, joined the growing chorus alongside Yarden Bibas, whose wife and two young sons were murdered in captivity. Keith and his wife, Aviva, were kidnapped from Kibbutz Kfar Aza and taken deep into the tunnels of Gaza. “We were gasping for our breath,” Keith recalled.

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The Siegels were held together for 51 days before Aviva was freed during a brief 2023 ceasefire. During that time, they witnessed horrific abuse. “I saw a young woman being tortured—literal torture,” Keith said. He described how female hostages were sexually assaulted, often with other captives forced to watch.

After Aviva’s release and the collapse of the ceasefire, Keith said conditions worsened significantly. “The terrorists became very cruel and violent,” he recalled. He was starved, beaten, and left alone in filthy conditions. “Once a month, I got half a bucket of cold water to clean myself.” He said his spirit was broken, his survival entirely dependent on his captors’ whims.

Now home, Aviva is advocating for the return of neighbors still in captivity — 27-year-old twins Gali and Zivi Berman. “There needs to be a deal that brings them back,” she said.

At least 24 hostages are believed to still be alive, including Guy Gilboa-Dalal and Evyatar David, taken from the Nova Music Festival. Tal Shoham, recently freed after 471 days, shared how they were held in a cramped tunnel, given almost no food or clean water, and beaten daily.

Shoham told the families that at one point, they massaged a guard daily in exchange for extra food. “You don’t need much to stay alive,” he said.

Hamas once even brought Guy and Evyatar to witness other hostages being freed—only to return them to the tunnels. “That kind of hope, then punishment, is crushing,” said Ilan Dalal, Guy’s father.

“Maybe someone will hear this,” added Evyatar’s mother, “and save our sons.”