The press conference held on Tuesday by released hostage Yocheved Lifshitz caused outrage among many Israelis, especially considering the fact that she described the terrorists’ behavior as “nice,” a fact that is already being used by the terror organization as propaganda. Many journalists slammed the fact that that conference was even held, at a time when her husband Oded is still being held captive, describing it as a “public diplomacy disaster.” Yisrael Hayom called the press conference a “propaganda win for Hamas.” Walla editor Dovid Wertheim said; “Again, amateurism. And this time, extremely harmful and worth its weight in gold for Hamas. Who organized this press conference? Who invited the reporters? This was a terrible mistake…the captive’s husband is still in captivity. Maybe there was something riding on it [what she said at the interview]?” When asked what she meant by the gesture of shaking a Hamas gunman’s hand, freed hostage Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, says ‘because they treated us very nicely’. “They seemed really prepared and had concealed it for a long time,” she added.