Mother of hostage Eitan Mor: He is ‘thin and pale,’ but smiling

By Zev Stub

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13 October 2025, 9:52 am

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Zev Stub is the Times of Israel's Diaspora Affairs correspondent.

Eitan Mor, was serving as an unarmed security guard at the Supernova desert rave on October 7, 2023, when Hamas terrorists attacked (Courtesy)

Efrat Mor, mother of hostage Eitan Mor, says that she has seen her son’s face on screen. “He looks thin and pale, but he is smiling,” she says.

“It’s difficult to describe it, to see him standing, speaking, smiling,” Mor says, according to Channel 12. “It’s simply a miracle. He looks great. He’s thin and pale, but besides that, a ten. This is a once-in-a-lifetime moment, like a second birthday.”

Mor has been released to Israel along with six other living hostages. Thirteen more living hostages are due to be released shortly.