They were captured in the Yom Kippur War and tortured in Egyptian prisons, but did not imagine that even when they returned to Israel they would experience abuse by the state. 301 IDF soldiers were captured by the Egyptians and Syrians during the Yom Kippur War. Even 48 years later, the prisoners say it was the darkest period of their lives, not only because of the abuses they went through, but also because of the way they were received in Israel.