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Gadi Mozes recounts 482 days of solitary captivity: ‘Everything was psychological abuse’
Long with details of Palestinian Islamic Jihad cruelty mixed with complaining about the government. Respect for his courage and resilience, but the political whining is annoying. Some key bits: [IsraelTimes] Former hostage, 80, slams Netanyahu for not visiting Nir Oz, ‘evil’ government for not even welcoming him on his return; says most urgent thing for him is ‘friends still there’.Gadi Mozes, who was freed by terrorists in Gaza in January as part of the hostage-ceasefire deal, said in an interview broadcast Thursday that in his 482 days of solitary captivity, “everything that happened to me was psychological abuse.” “The depth of the fear, the depth of disconnection from the world, the depth of the unknown — it’s impossible to convey,” the Kibbutz Nir Oz farmer, 80, told Channel 12. He added that his Palestinian Islamic Jihad captors “tried to depress me, tried to break me.” “The entire time, I was on guard and focused only on how they won’t hurt me. How I survive,” said Mozes. “I would calm myself down,” he said. “I would tell myself, ‘This will work itself out.’ But in retrospect… that was an illusion. I didn’t actually calm myself down.” Mozes was held in 10 different locations, including near the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, where thousands of displaced Gazans had sought shelter. He was taken to a school in the area. “Horrible sights,” he said. “Thousands of people, refugees who had fled from bombings, lying like sardines in the halls, on the floor.” Asked if he felt mercy for them, Mozes said he did not. “I saw a sight that was not normal, but I didn’t feel any emotion,” he said. “I didn’t care about anything. I’m also suffering like them.” According to Channel 12, Mozes was also held in the designated humanitarian zone of Al-Mawasi during the massive Israeli airstrike there that killed Hamas military chief Muhammad Deif in July. Mozes, a lifelong leftist on the political spectrum, said he felt conflicted after the Hamas onslaught. “I think peace is made only with enemies,” he said. “What other option is there? That my grandchildren will also die there, be abducted?” On the other hand, he said, “years and years of belief that we can get along, find a formula that will give room for everyone, have been shattered by this horrendous murder, the murder of my best friends, who all believed in that option.” Related: Gadi Mozes 03/01/2025 Recently freed hostage recounts extreme hunger, gut-wrenching farewell to still-held captive Gadi Mozes 02/21/2025 Freed arch-terrorist, convicted of killing 45, is guest at slain hostage handover in Gaza Gadi Mozes 02/15/2025 Hostages Sagui Dekel-Chen, Sasha Troufanov and Iair Horn slated for release on Saturday, to be traded for 369 Paleo jailbirds; PIJ shares video of Troufanov Posted by: trailing wife 2025-03-23 |
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