Released Hostages NOV 11, 2025
Ex-hostage: Not just Hamas - Gazan civilians abused me
Matan Zangauker said that after he was abducted to Gaza, “children, women, and old people” attacked him with pipes and rocks
Former hostage Matan Zangauker, who survived nearly two years in Hamas captivity before being freed in the October 2025 ceasefire and hostage deal, spoke to Israel’s Channel 12 News on Monday evening about his ordeal.
In his interview after being released, he emphasized that the brutality he experienced came not only from Hamas terrorists, but from ordinary Gazan civilians.
Zangauker recalled that immediately after he was abducted to Gaza, civilians eagerly joined in torturing him.
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