Released hostage Sasha Troufanov gives first public sign of life from Rom Braslavski

Released hostage Sasha Troufanov publishes a video in which he provides the first public sign of life from captive Rom Braslavski.

In the video, Troufanov, who was freed last month, says that while he is relieved and happy to be home, he “can’t disconnect from the captives still held in Gaza, those left behind.”

“I think a lot about my friends, especially one person that I briefly met in captivity, named Rom Braslavski,” he says.

Troufanov was held by Islamic Jihad and was alone for most of the time in captivity. News that he had met Braslavski amounts to the first evidence made public that Braslavski was alive after being captured.

“Rom, I hope my voice will give you light and hope in the dark place where you are. I want you to know that myself, and your friends and family and all of Israel are praying for you and doing everything we can to secure your release.”

שורד השבי סשה טרופנוב במסר לחטוף רום ברסלבסקי, בעברית ובערבית: "אני מקווה שהקול שלי יהיה לך לאור ותקווה במקום החשוך והאפל שאתה נמצא בו. אני, החברים, המשפחה שלך וכל עם ישראל מתפללים לשלומך ועושים הכל למען שחרורך"@YoavBorowitz pic.twitter.com/rFksKIRBEj

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Braslavski, now 21, was working as a security guard when he was taken captive by Hamas terrorists from the Nova desert rave on October 7.

The Jerusalem resident was one of several security guards at the party who tried to save others as the wave of terrorists launched an assault on the event during the early morning.

He was in touch with his mother around 10:30 a.m., telling her that he was okay, located in a situation room, and would be home in a few hours.

Rom got two young women to safety that morning and then was wounded in both hands, according to other survivors who saw him.

He continued to try and save others. He was last seen at 1:30 p.m. while helping a young woman get out of a garbage container where she was hiding and to a safer location.