Overview

• Damari shared firsthand accounts of spending nearly 471 days imprisoned in damp, cockroach-infested cages beneath Gaza’s tunnel network
• She suffered the loss of two fingers and underwent surgeries performed by a captor known as “Dr Hamas” at Al-Shifa Hospital Damari was freed in January under a mediated ceasefire that released her and 32 fellow hostages but left about 50 still in Gaza, 20 confirmed alive
• She implored President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to intensify negotiations after recent ceasefire talks showed signs of faltering
• Her campaign underscores the urgency of new mediated exchanges to secure the release of her friends Gali and Ziv Berman