Former Hamas-Geisel reports on the most severe abuse

The released Hamas-Geisel Omer Wenkert reported deeply traumatic experiences on October 7, 2023 and hostage. During the Hamas massacre in the Israeli border area, he had hidden with other young people in a shelter, the 23-year-old told the Israeli TV station N12.

Terrorists have repeatedly thrown hand grenades into the bunker -like space. « I see corpses, screaming people. »

The attackers also shot into the room and put a fire. « I covered myself with corpses to protect myself. » His girlfriend Kim, with whom he had taken part in the Nova Music Festival, was killed. After Wenkert left the bunker so as not to burn, he was kidnapped by armed.

After the kidnapping in the Gaza Strip, he was only driven with underpants by densely populated residential areas, Wenkert said. « Around me there was a mass of people that attacked me with bricks and iron bars, with everything you can strike, » reported Wenkert.

There were also children among the several hundred civilian attackers. An approximately three -year -old child on his father's shoulders took part in the blows. It was moments of the worst humiliation.

Battles with an iron bar on his birthday

During the hostage, the terrorists would have blocked him in a tiny underground area with about one meter in diameter. There they would have dug a hole in which he had to do his emergency. Again and again there was humiliation and ill -treatment.

For example, he received rotten food and was sprayed with parasite spray. « They sprayed on my face, my body, my dishes and my toothbrush. »

« On my birthday I was beaten up with an iron rod, » he said. « I said to myself this is the worst moment of my life. » He then wished for his birthday to « survive this ». After 505 days hostage, Wenkert was released last month as part of a ceasefire agreement with Hamas.