Praise for Hamas Earns Freed Israeli Captive Wrath, Abuse of Settlers

Date: 03 February 2025 - 21:57

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WEST BANK (Dispatches) – Zionist settlers have launched a vicious tirade against one of the captives recently freed by the Gaza-based Hamas resistance movement after he expressed gratitude toward his captors.
Gadi Moses, the eldest Israeli captive who spent over 480 days in Gaza following his capture by resistance fighters on October 7, 2023, was released as part of the swap deal on Thursday.
Instead of being welcomed back, he found himself under attack for his praise of the Palestinian fighters.
Moses’ wife, Efrat Katz, was killed on the same day by Israeli regime forces in line with the infamous Hannibal doctrine, which is designed to prevent arrests even at the cost of the lives of settlers.
Following his release, the 80-year-old spoke of humane and kind treatment meted out to him in captivity, igniting a wave of online backlash from Zionist trolls. He acknowledged that the Hamas fighters paid attention to his welfare even as Palestinians were being butchered in the territory.
A distinguished agronomist and potato expert, Moses reportedly told Hamas members that he dreams of returning to Gaza “when there is peace” to teach them agricultural techniques.
His son, in interviews with Israeli media, confirmed that Moses was treated with dignity, living under the same conditions as his captors. He was even given books and reading lessons, with his greatest fear being not his captors, but the deafening, indiscriminate Israeli bombings.
“In the absence of electricity, Gadi used to go to bed at sunset and wake up before sunrise, around 3:00 a.m. He would sometimes hear Israeli bombings, some of which were close. It was terrifying for him,” his son recalled, as cited by the Hebrew Walla website.
His statements unleashed a storm of fury from Zionist settlers, who labeled him “mentally ill.”
“He is mentally ill and delusional and out of touch with reality… It’s a shame we brought him back,” one Zionist social media user wrote about him.
A report by The Jerusalem Post reported that Moses frequently debated his Hamas captors, arguing about land ownership and political issues. Rather than enduring the “torture chambers” that Israeli propaganda has long depicted, he engaged in lively discussions with his captors.
One X user, Tameem, remarked that Israeli media had “inadvertently” revealed the civility and open-mindedness of Moses’ guards, contrasting the brutal conditions Palestinians face in Israeli prisons.
“The ‘Hamas Torture Dungeons’ turned out to be Debate Chambers,” he quipped.
Moses was not alone in his gratitude. Other freed captives, including Keith Siegel, echoed similar sentiments. In a farewell video message, Siegel expressed thanks to Al-Qassam fighters for their care.
“For the past 15 months, you were good to us,” he acknowledged, detailing how his captors ensured he had food, water, medicine, and even eye treatments and blood pressure monitoring.
These revelations—so at odds with the mainstream Zionist narrative—have sparked outrage among settlers, who refuse to accept any account that humanizes the enemy they seek to demonize.