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Thursday, March 27, 2025
In hostage-style video, Einav Zangauker asks captors, in Hebrew and Arabic, to keep son safe
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleStav Levaton is a military reporter for The Times of Israel
Einav Zangauker, mother of hostage Matan Zangauker, 25, releases a video addressing the US president and her son’s captors.
“We, like our sons, also feel that we are captives of Hamas, for over 500 days,” Einav states in the video, which was filmed in a similar style to a Hamas propaganda video of Matan in captivity published last December. In that clip, which was the first and, to date, last sign of life from Matan, the 25-year-old Zangauker identified himself and called on the Israeli public to continue protests in support of a deal with Hamas.
Einav speaks in both Hebrew and Arabic in her video, asking commanders of Gaza’s Qasam Brigade to provide proof of life for the remaining hostages and to “keep them safe until the implementation of a ceasefire.”
She also appeals to US President Donald Trump, stating, “Please do everything in your power [to release the hostages],” adding that the Israeli government must ensure the return of all the remaining hostages, “otherwise the war will not end.”
עינב צנגאוקר, בסרטון שמדמה את הסרטון של בנה מתן מהמנהרה בדצמבר, במסר לשובים של מתן מהחמאס ולנשיא טראמפ:
אני עינב, אמא של מתן צנגאוקר.
אנחנו, כמו הבנים שלנו, גם מרגישות בשבי החמאס, כבר מעל 500 ימים. הפחד והבדידות הורגים אותם והורגים גם אותנו. האם הבנים שלנו גם יזכו לחזור הביתה?… pic.twitter.com/QCeZyCHOMR— Bar Peleg (@bar_peleg) March 27, 2025
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