Clarfield A Mark, Levine Hagai
Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er Sheva, Israel.
Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Hadassah Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
Rambam Maimonides Med J. 2024 Oct 28;15(4):e0020. doi: 10.5041/RMMJ.10534.
On 7 October, 2023 Israel was attacked over the Gaza border by Hamas terrorists. Mostly civilians, approximately 1,200 people were killed, with an additional 251 taken hostage (in addition to 4 abducted before October 7 for a total of 255 hostages), many of whom have since died. Of the total abducted, 13% were older than 65, a third of whom were octogenarians. Brief case histories of three abductees over 80 years of age are presented: two released and one still in captivity. The extreme "pre-morbid" vulnerability of these older hostages is described along with the additional data on their clinical situation and the extreme stresses to which they are being subjected. The situation described constitutes one of the most severe examples of elder abuse documented in the modern era.
2023年10月7日，以色列在加沙边境遭到哈马斯恐怖分子的袭击。袭击造成约1200人死亡，其中大多数是平民，另有251人被劫持为人质（10月7日前还有4人被绑架，人质总数达255人），许多人质后来死亡。在被绑架的人质中，13%年龄超过65岁，其中三分之一是八旬老人。本文介绍了三名80岁以上被绑架者的简要病史：两人已获释，一人仍被囚禁。文中描述了这些老年人质极其“病前”的脆弱性，以及他们的临床状况和所遭受的极端压力的其他数据。所描述的情况是现代记录中最严重的虐待老年人案例之一。
