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What we know about captivity in Gaza - with Glenn Cohen

May 31, 2024
Glenn Cohen, a professional with extensive experience in debriefing hostages, shares insights on captivity in Gaza. Discussion includes coping mechanisms, trauma of captivity, mother's perspective on son's captivity, moral duty to rescue, coping strategies in captivity, and military efforts in hostage rescue.
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  • Maintaining a sense of control and tracking time are crucial in captivity, with hostages resorting to ingenious methods like saving date pits.
  • Resilience and reliance on faith or values help captives cope, while emotional bonding with captors reveals the complexity of human interactions.

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Maintaining Control and Orientation in Captivity

In captivity, individuals, whether soldiers or civilians, strive to maintain a sense of control. Keeping track of time becomes crucial for orientation. Various ingenious methods were employed by hostages for time tracking, such as saving date pits or following daily prayer calls.

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