Some hostages spent your entire two years remoted, and saved at nighttime on the welfare of their households after October 7.
After two years in Hamas captivity, the newly launched hostages shared a little bit details about the hardships imposed on them throughout their time in Gaza, Israeli media reported on Monday night time.
The Cunio brothers
Ariel Cunio was reportedly held alone for his captivity, based on Channel 12, whereas his brother David was held with Nimrod Cohen and Eitan Horn in a number of tunnels throughout the Gaza Strip.
Whereas within the tunnels, David Cunio was denied entry to any media. It was solely throughout a short encounter with Yarden Bibas, after the Hamas video was filmed of them, that David discovered his twin brother, Eitan Cunio, survived October 7.
Gali and Ziv Berman
Gali and Ziv Berman had been held individually and lower off from all media entry, Channel 12 reported. The pair had been mentioned to have been held in the identical metropolis and weren’t informed that they’d lastly be reunited as we speak.
Terrorists reportedly spoke Hebrew to each males throughout their captivity.
Gali, Ziv Berman sporting Maccabi Tel Aviv shirts gifted to them, October 13, 2025. (credit score: IDF SPOKESPERSON UNIT)
Elkana Bohbot
Elkana Bohbot spent most of his time in captivity, chained in tunnels, the place he misplaced all sense of time and house.
Bohbot informed his household on his wedding ceremony anniversary that he had requested a guard to permit him to bathe. The Hamas guard initially denied his request and demanded he sit again down, however finally relented and allowed him to wash himself.
Matan Angrest
Matan Angrest was handled for accidents to his fingers and palms with out anaesthesia, inflicting additional medical issues, N12 reported.
Not like different hostages, Matan was allowed to often watch media clips of Hostages’ Sq., the place he heard his family members communicate.
“From time to time he tells a number of sentences. He went by means of very extreme torture within the first months when he was outlined as a soldier… I do not know the place he acquired these strengths from,” his mom informed N12. “…He did not keep in mind how he was truly kidnapped, however he did keep in mind the battle, and he guessed that his associates had been killed that morning. He has flashbacks the place he loses consciousness and infrequently opens his eyes, the kidnapping, the beating of him, the protecting of him with black baggage, the abuse of him… He is been by means of quite a bit. However he is right here and we’ll give attention to the nice.
“He was within the tunnels for a very long time, speaking about extreme IDF shelling, planes passing over the tunnel, partitions falling close to them, discovering themselves passing by rubble, very complicated conditions.”
Avinatan Or
Avinatan Or, who was reunited along with his family members on Monday, was held in a camp in central Gaza. It was right here the terrorists starved him and the place, based on an preliminary medical report, he misplaced between 30-40% of his body weight, N12 reported.
Avinatan was fully remoted from different hostages and was informed little or no about what occurred in Israel following Hamas’s invasion.
Evyatar David
Evyatar David’s father informed Israeli media that his son had skilled each psychological and bodily abuse throughout captivity. He was separated from fellow hostage Man Gilboa-Dalal two months in the past.
Alon Ohel
Alon Ohel was chained in the identical tunnel for nearly your entire two years he was in captivity, and moved solely as soon as to a brand new tunnel 40 days in the past, Channel 12 reported.
Alon was moved unexpectedly to the brand new tunnel positioned within the middle of the Gaza Strip after hours of journeying. The IDF reported that the transfer was to make use of him as a human defend to forestall the army from taking up the town.
