Freed Israeli hostage claims Hamas' Gaza leader was silent after confronting him in tunnel

Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, an Israeli grandmother who was held hostage in Gaza, is pictured on Oct. 24 in Tel Aviv following her release. (Reuters/Janis Laizans)

One of the first Israeli hostages to have been freed by Hamas is now saying she confronted the terrorist group's leader in a tunnel underneath the Gaza Strip during her time in captivity.

Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, told the Israeli newspaper Davar that Yahya Sinwar paid the hostages a visit and "was with us three to four days after we arrived," according to Reuters.

"I asked him how he is not ashamed to do such a thing to people who all these years have supported peace," she reportedly said. "He didn't answer. He was silent."

Prior to their capture from their home in the Nir Oz kibbutz near the Israel-Gaza border, Yocheved and her husband Oded -- who remains in captivity -- were activists who helped sick Gazans receive medical care in Israel, her grandson Daniel Lifshitz previously has told Reuters. 

"They are human rights activists, peace activists for all their life," Daniel Lifshitz was quoted as saying.