Former hostage Elkana Bohbot said Hamas captors subjected him and other Israelis held in Gaza to psychological abuse that began with apparent kind treatment followed by extreme cruelty.

Bohbot, one of the producers of the Nova Music Festival, spoke about the experience during an interview on the podcast “Voice of Nova” after spending 738 days in Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip.

He said he was being held alongside two other hostages, identified as Ohad and Bar, when a captor unexpectedly brought them a tray of lamb shank and rice.