Because the Gaza warfare nears its first anniversary, an Israeli man taken hostage by Hamas on Friday recalled his confinement, saying he heard beatings whereas in captivity.
Shlomi Ziv, 41, was among the many 4 Israeli hostages who have been rescued alive from Hamas captivity in June.
They have been kidnapped from the Nova music pageant, a trance pageant held in Israel’s Negev Desert, on October 7 final 12 months.
Noa Argamani (25), Almog Meir Jan (21), Andrey Kozlov (27), and Shlomi Ziv (40) have been rescued in a particular operation by the IDF, ISA and Israel Police from 2 separate areas within the coronary heart of Nuseirat after being kidnapped by Hamas from the Nova music pageant.
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“There have been quiet nights in captivity when you can hear each little sound, after which instantly, you’d hear somebody getting overwhelmed,” Ziv was quoted as saying by the Israeli newspaper The Jerusalem Publish.
“It was chilling to listen to the screams of that individual being brutally overwhelmed,” he added.
“One factor that my captivity in Gaza bolstered greater than the rest is the understanding and realization that they do not need any peace with us or to dwell subsequent to us or with us,” Ziv mentioned.
He additionally mentioned the Hamas members referred to as them “cockroaches” and all the time mentioned that the following time they do one thing just like the October 7 assault, “they will not take hostages, however would kill them”.
In keeping with the Israel Protection Forces, Ziv was working as safety director on the Nova music pageant when he was taken hostage.
Hamas members staged their worst-ever assault on Israel on October 7, 2023, and took 251 hostages from the Nova music pageant and Nir Oz kibbutz, triggering the warfare in Gaza.
64 Hostages Nonetheless Held By Hamas In Gaza
In keeping with studies, whereas 117 of the 251 hostages have up to now been freed, most of them ladies, youngsters, and international staff, 64 individuals are nonetheless in Hamas’ captivity.
That is the second the elite Yamam unit rescued former hostages Shlomi Ziv, Almog Meir Jan and Andrey Kozlov from captivity in Gaza.
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Of the 64 regarded as alive, 57 are Israelis, six are Thai nationals and one is Nepalese, in keeping with information company AFP.
Fifty-two males, 10 ladies, two youngsters, and eleven army personnel are mentioned to be held in Gaza.
A lot of the hostages have been launched throughout a week-long truce in late November in alternate for 240 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails.
The Israeli military has confirmed 70 others are useless, 33 of whose our bodies are nonetheless in Gaza.