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‘He was about to shoot me’: Freed hostage reveals how he prevented his own execution in Gaza tunnels

Yosef Haim Ohana also detailed the brutal regime of beatings dished out by his Hamas captors

October 28, 2025 10:15
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Yosef Haim Ohana in an Israeli TV interview following his release from Gaza (Image: Channel 12)
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a recently released hostage has given his first interview since returning home under the ceasefire agreement.

Yosef Haim Ohana revealed a chilling incident in which he was almost murdered early in his captivity.

"Suddenly an irritated man enters the room, pulls out his handgun, holds it against my head, [and asks], 'Tell me how many people have you killed. Now I will kill you',” he recounted.

"I told him, ‘Zero, zero, I didn’t kill anyone’. Then he said, ‘Oh, you are lying to me too,’ and was about to shoot me.

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