Pvt Jessica Lynch was raped, sodomised and tortured after her capture by the Iraqi army. CNN verified the story.

She was rescued when commandos stormed the hospital she was held in. CNN verified that too.

Until she regained consciousness and told everyone it wasn't true, that she was injured in a multi-vehicle pileup in her lost convoy, and the Iraqi soldiers took her to the hospital where they treated her kindly, like any other patient.

The hate that young woman endured for her naive honesty and courage was beyond imagining.

I can only hope the Israeli hostages rise to the occasion as well as that young American servicewoman did.