Former hostage Rom Braslavski hails the IDF’s recent killing of Mahmoud Fatair, a Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist who invaded Israel during the October 7, 2023, onslaught and held him while in captivity.
Braslavski, who learned Arabic during his two years in Gaza, says in an Arabic-language video message that Fatair was “another one who destroyed my soul.”
“Yes, you were criminals, and yes, I was weak while with you, and you did whatever you wanted,” he says. “But now, you are being killed one after the other, and not even one will be left of you. Whoever works for Islamic Jihad, Hamas, or any terror group will die, one by one.”
He goes on to thank the IDF and the Israeli nation, concluding by quoting the biblical verse: “An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.”
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