And Noralin Babadilla has told of her amazement at seeing a picture of former hostage Gilad Schalit hanging in the small room where she was held.

[Kidnapped soldier Schalit was a prisoner in Gaza for five years until his release in 2011 as part of a prisoner exchange deal].

Noralin spoke about the moment she, too, was kidnapped and her immense panic when facing the armed terrorists.

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