Netanyahu meets released hostage Tal Shoham, discusses Hamas ‘psychological warfare’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with released hostage Tal Shoham, who describes the hardships he faced while in Hamas captivity, the Prime Minister’s Office says in a statement.

Shoham describes the “the cruel psychological warfare inflicted upon them by Hamas terrorists,” according to the PMO. The two discuss the plight of hostages Guy Gilboa-Dalal and Evyatar David, who were brought by Hamas terrorists to a staged ceremony last month and forced to watch the release of Shoham and other hostages while they remained in captivity.

“The prime minister and his wife listened to Tal as he recounted the difficulty he and his fellow captives endured, the suffering the hostages continue to experience daily,” the PMO says.

Shoham was joined by his wife, Adi, and their two young children, who were also taken captive by Hamas and released separately in November 2023.

“The prime minister reaffirmed that efforts and actions to secure the release of all hostages — both the living and the fallen — continue relentlessly and without pause,” says the PMO.