Ex-hostage Nimrod Cohen: Hamas ‘enjoying playing this messed-up game,’ knows where hostages’ remains are

Nimrod Cohen, who returned from Hamas captivity on October 13 as part of the Gaza ceasefire, says he is certain the terror group knows where the remains of the deceased hostages are and is withholding them in violation of the truce deal.

“I have no doubt Hamas knows where they are and is just enjoying playing this messed-up game,” says Cohen at Hostages Square.

“Every day that passes is another day where one of them could disappear forever,” says Cohen, the only surviving member of his four-man tank crew, the other three of whom have been brought back for burial. “I call from here on decision-makers: Just like I came back and like my whole crew came back, everyone has to come back.”

Cohen thanks the troops of the IDF, Israelis who rallied weekly for the hostages and US President Donald Trump for helping secure his return. He also pays tribute to Oz Daniel, Omer Neutra and Shaked Dahan, the three slain members of his tank crew.

“When I was in hell in Gaza, in the tunnels,” he says, my captors “kept on telling us that the people of Israel gave up on us. That nobody is going out to protest and fight for us. That life is going on and nobody cares.”

“But the day we came home, the moment I crossed the border back into the country, I realized it was all lies,” says Cohen, recalling the thousands of people he saw lining the streets and applauding the return of the last 20 hostages.