Throughout his almost 500 days of captivity, terrorists tried to convince him to convert to Islam, said Siegel.
Former Hamas hostage Keith Siegel told the Haredi radio station Kol Barama on Wednesday that his faith was strengthened during the almost 500 days he spent in Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip.
“As a boy, Judaism did not speak to me, but in captivity, I reconnected,” Siegel said in the interview, two days after he joined a special prayer service at the Western Wall late on Monday night for the release of the remaining 50 hostages still in Gaza after 690 days.
“Every day, I said ‘Shema Yisrael’ and I recited a blessing over the food. Since my release, I have continued with this spiritual strengthening,” revealed the former captive, who holds dual U.S.-Israeli citizenship.