Father of freed hostage: He was beaten by captor until the man’s wife ‘yelled at her husband to stop’

19 October 2025, 9:11 am

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Eitan Mor with his parents at the hospital following his release from captivity on October 13, 2025. (Government Press Office)

Tzvika Mor, the father of freed captive Eitan Mor, tells the Kan public broadcaster that his son was held in around 40 different places in Gaza City during his two years in captivity — both above and below ground.

During his first three days in captivity, Mor tells Kan’s Reshet Bet radio, Eitan was held with his hands behind his back, and for the first year he was held completely alone.

Mor says that Eitan had periods with very little food, including times when he would only receive a few spoons of rice a day. In one location, Eitan managed to steal a pita, “and then the terrorist who was holding him beat him. The one who saved him was the wife of the terrorist, who yelled at her husband to stop,” recounts Mor.