On the 700th day since Hamas’s October 7 massacre — with Israel preparing to storm Gaza City unless hostages are freed and President Trump issuing what he called the terror group’s “last warning” to cut a deal “or else” — recently freed hostage Tal Shoham recounted how Hamas deliberately starved captives to pressure Israel as well as how he was subjected to a systematic “humiliation process.” The former hostage described stumbling for two and a half hours through darkness before being shoved into a chamber “about three feet wide, six feet high, and forty feet long; with four mattresses on sand and a hole in the ground for use as a toilet.” Shoham, who was the last hostage freed in the final exchange negotiated under President Trump — a deal that went into effect the very day he took office, recalled the moment he first felt genuine hope.
Author: Joshua Klein, Joshua Klein
Published at: 2025-09-08 22:13:11
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