Mother of hostage Matan Angrest says she was informed his life is in ‘immediate danger’

Anat Angrest, whose son Matan is held hostage in Gaza, speaks during a Kabbalat Shabbat ceremony at the protest tent in Jerusalem, marking the 700th day of captivity of hostages held in Gaza, September 5, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Anat Angrest, whose son Matan is held hostage in Gaza, speaks during a Kabbalat Shabbat ceremony at the protest tent in Jerusalem, marking the 700th day of captivity of hostages held in Gaza, September 5, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

The mother of hostage Matan Angrest says she received a phone call yesterday informing her that her son’s life was “in immediate danger.”

In a post on X addressed to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Anat Angrest does not detail where the information came from. In an earlier post, however, she says families of hostages have received grave phone calls from Israeli intelligence, and that Netanyahu is “again knowingly sending soldiers [to areas] close to hostages.”

“Prime Minister @Netanyahu, did you sleep last night, because I spent the 700th night [that the hostages are in captivity] in sleeplessness,” she writes. “My Matan’s life is in immediate danger, that’s what I was informed by telephone last night.”

“So, this evening I will be at the entrance to your house, together with masses of Israeli citizens. It will be noisy, just like it’s noisy for Matan with the sounds of explosions.”

You won’t have any more quiet from me, it’s over,” she writes.

Angrest, 21, an IDF soldier, was kidnapped from a tank by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023. He is said to be suffering serious injuries.

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