Ex-hostage Rom Braslavski allegedly assaulted outside Tel Aviv club

Former hostage Rom Braslavski was allegedly attacked by the boyfriend of well-known singer Nasrin Kadri outside the entrance of a Tel Aviv nightclub, Hebrew-language media reported on Sunday.

Braslavski was reportedly refused entry to a party at a bar on Rothschild Boulevard on Saturday evening.

According to Channel 12 news, he said that he had received a personal invitation from Kadri, but when he arrived at the entrance, she was no longer there.

Braslavski told the outlet that the star’s partner, former reality show contestant David Ziton, yelled at him that “nobody invited you,” and an argument broke out between the two, which culminated in the alleged assault.

It was unclear if the former hostage was injured.

The Kan public broadcaster reported that Braslavski filed a police complaint and the singer’s boyfriend was set to be questioned by police later on Sunday. No arrests have been made.

Tammy Braslavski, the former hostage’s mother, said in a statement carried by Hebrew-language media that she did not wish to comment on the incident and trusted police to handle the matter appropriately.

However, she noted that even though freed hostages may appear to be coping, they are deeply traumatized.

“Those who have returned to us may seem as if everything is fine, but they are going through storms inside. No one, not even me or anyone else, can understand what they went through and what they are going through, and no one can even imagine,” she said.

“They are in a difficult post-traumatic state and it is important to be sensitive in words, criticism and actions. Pay attention to what is written online and what is said on the street,” she said. “These are people who have gone through things that are impossible to understand, and are currently doing whatever they can just to feel like human beings again. I hope we will all recover and return to normal.”

Braslavski, who was freed in October after two years in captivity in Gaza, was kidnapped on October 7, 2023, while working as a security guard at the Nova festival near Re’im. Over 370 people were killed when terrorists stormed the festival and carried out acts of brutality and sexual assault, and dozens were taken hostage.

Braslavski revealed in November that the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists who held him captive in Gaza repeatedly sexually assaulted and tortured him.