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‘We didn’t think Hamas would be so cruel’: Dad of freed hostage al-Sayed says son ‘destroyed, emotionally and cognitively’
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Hisham al-Sayed is handed over to the Red Cross in Gaza on February 22, 2025. (Hamas media office)
The father of freed hostage Hisham al-Sayed tells Kan radio that he is shocked by the poor mental and physical state of his son following his release from nearly 10 years of Hamas captivity, adding that Hisham is “destroyed, emotionally and cognitively.”
“His mental condition is in a bad state, he doesn’t communicate, and he looks like he was in a torture camp for 10 years,” says Sha’ban al-Sayed. “We didn’t think to ourselves that Hamas would be so cruel.”
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