“He gave me a weapon”: ‘Israeli’ captive recalls moment with Hamas fighter in Gaza
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In an interview with the ‘Israeli’ army radio, released captive Eitan Mor shared a surreal account of his 738 days in Hamas captivity, describing a moment of pure chaos where the line between captor and captive momentarily blurred under the pressure of an ‘Israeli’ strike.
Mor, who was taken during the events of October 7, 2023, recounted an incident where he was being held in a residential building alongside several Hamas fighters.
The situation turned dire when an ‘Israeli’ F-16 targeted a neighboring high-rise.
Chaos Amidst the Rubble
"An F-16 leveled the building next to us," Mor told interviewer Yaron Vilensky.
"The whole building we were in started collapsing. Everyone was screaming—it was a moment of total terror, like an earthquake."
In the ensuing panic, Mor described a decision made by one of his captors. As they attempted to flee the crumbling structure in the dark, the Hamas fighter handed Mor an assault rifle.
"The Hamas member put his weapon on me, inside a strap, inside a bag," Mor explained.
"He handed me the gun and just said, 'Run after me.'"
A Moment of Choice
The interviewer, visibly stunned, asked Mor if he considered using the weapon against his captors. "You could have shot him," Vilensky noted.
Mor said: "Who would I shoot? And what would I do afterward?" Mor replied.
He explained that he was surrounded by fighters, one in front and two behind, and was being moved through the streets. Using the weapon would not have likely given him a favourable outcome.
The Invisible Captive
Mor also recalls being moved between 40 different locations.
"I felt then that the army didn't know where I was, intelligence didn't know where I was," he said.
He later learned that even the intelligence officers assigned to his case admitted they had lost track of his specific location for significant periods.
Eitan Mor was released in October 2025 as part of a multi-phase ceasefire agreement.
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