Food allocations were gradually cut as the IDF offensive disrupted food supplies. “At the beginning there was more food but later it was significantly cut,” Mr Meiri said. “All they had was pita bread, cheese and some rice.” Elderly women returning from captivity have lost between 8kg and 15kg, the Israeli health ministry said on Tuesday. In Khan Younis, the Israelis were given benches to sleep on or waiting-room chairs that could have come from a public office or a hospital. They were lucky to have a sheet to cover themselves. Ruth Munder with an Israeli soldier shortly after her...