Gadi Mozes, isolated, punctuated 7 kilometers per day in his two square room; The female surveillance soldiers had grains of rice to divide the clear food they had with each other; A hostage convinced her kidnappers to film a video of propaganda of her, in the hope of offering her family a sign of life.
These are some of the emerging stories while the newly released hostages are starting to tell their families the 15 infernal months they have spent as captives of Gaza terrorists, stripped of their autonomy, durable and uncertain abyssal conditions of Their fate while the hour after the hour checked exclusively, in more than 470 days.
Channel 12 news reported on Friday evening on some of these heartbreaking experiences and the difficulties, the struggles and the moments of bravery that they involved.
Mozes, 80, who was released Thursday from the captivity of Hamas, told family members that for 15 months, he was never with other hostages. The first Israeli he met was Arbel Yehoud, 29, as they were gathered a few days ago before their joint release.
For some 70 days of his captivity, Mozes was completely isolated, locked alone in a dark room, he said. He was moved between several apartments during the war and was not held in the tunnels.
Mozes knew that his longtime partner Efrat Katz had been murdered during the attack and had cried it. But he did not know what had happened to his daughter Moran until his release (Moran survived him and met him on Thursday on his return).

Gadi Mozes, held hostage by Hamas terrorists who removed him during the assault on October 7, 2023 against Kibbutz Nir Oz, illustrated here with his deceased party Efrat Katz who was murdered that day in their home (courtesy)
During a large part of his time in captivity, the octogenarian was held in a room of two squares (2.4 squares), in which he regularly punctuated about 7 kilometers (more than 4 miles), counting the tiles in The room the floor and the resolution of mathematical problems to pass time and keep your mind lively.
His glasses were shattered during the kidnapping, but after two months, he managed to get new ones with his captors and was able to read two books.
At some point, Mozes said that he had decided to live one day both and not to think about the liberation.

Freed hostage Gadi Mozes finds his children (left) Oded, Moran and Yair in an installation of FDI near Re’im on January 30, 2025. (FIF)
Once about the approximately every five days, Mozes received a bowl of lukewarm water to take a shower, using a cup to pour the water on its head. He insisted to shave, although it is a disorderly and painful affair, because it was important for him not to neglect. Mozes has lost about 15 kilograms in captivity, according to the network.
At times, he feared being executed. In a case, he was held in a hot van for 12 hours under the Red Cross offices in the Gaza Strip, he said. Although he hoped he was released, he was only moved between hiding places.
Mozes described the chaotic transfer in the south of Khan Younis from Gaza to the Red Cross Thursday as moments of “deadly fear” and said that he feared that he and Arbel Yehoud be lynched by the crowd around them.
Surprisingly, Channel 12 said that Mozes told his captors that when the war ends and that there was peace, he hopes to come to Gaza and teach them to cultivate.
A distinct report by Channel 13 News said that Mozes also told Parelatte how encouraged it was to see the weekly demonstrations calling for hostage release.
“The few times I have been able to see television, you do not know how much it strengthened me to see the gatherings on Saturday evening and to understand that the nation fights for us and our return home”, he said.

Arbel Yehoud, third from left to left, with his parents and siblings on an FDI helicopter after being released from captivity on January 30, 2025. (Gracious)
Mozes and Yehoud, who were both kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir Oz, were released with five Thai nationals kidnapped during the October 7, 2023 massacre of Hamas. The TSAhal surveillance soldier Agam Berger was also released Thursday during a separate transfer in the north of Gaza, a few days after four comrades were removed next to it. Three other Israeli hostages are expected to be published on Saturday, as part of the current agreement with the terrorist group.
“Such hunger cannot be explained”
According to the Channel report 12, some of the hostages heard family members talk about it in the media, offering them hope.
One said to his family: “They told us that no one was fighting for us, that the Prime Minister (Israeli) Benjamin Netanyahu only wants war and does not care about us. And then we heard an interview with a parent from a hostage and understood that we were not forgotten. »»
One of the hostage women met another captive in a Gaza hospital and has continued to realize that there were other hostages in addition to her.
Some did not know what had happened to beings dear on October 7 and discovered only when he returned home.
Conditions in captivity were difficult. “There was a time when we barely had food,” said one of the released surveillance soldiers. “We all sat around a plate of rice and tried to divide it also between us, until the last grain. You find yourself counting. Such hunger cannot be explained. »»
Liri Albag “would stimulate our morale. She told us stories all the time and told us to imagine things of our normal life, like what we command in a restaurant in which we sit down. »»

Released hostage, the soldier Agam Berger, on the right, meets Karina Ariev, Daniella Gilboa, Naama Levy and Liri Albag, other soldiers also freed from the captivity of Hamas, at the Rabin Medical Center, on January 30, 2025. (Forces of Israeli defense)
Albag told her family that it was she who suggested that her captors filmed a recent video message from her in captivity, so that her family knows that she was alive, Channel said.
The clip was sent by Hamas in early January, shortly before the terrorist group concluded a cease-fire contract with Israel.
Albag said that she had appealed to Hamas’ desire to increase public pressure on the Israeli government to conclude an agreement.
“I told them that my father was strong and heard (in Israel),” she said. “And they went forward and filmed me.”
The network also reported additional albag quotes.
“For part of the time, I heard the radio and I knew exactly what was going on. It was not easy to realize that it was going to take a long time (to come back). We tried to stay optimistic and manage things, “she said.
“At one point, the terrorists wanted to take me into the tunnels and I would not do it. I told them I refused. I could not bear silence and loneliness there, ”said Channel 12 Albag.
“We have to get all the hostages out quickly,” she said. “Each minute is an eternity.”
Thai hostages had trouble breathing in tunnels
The details also started to go out on the captivity of Thai citizens on Friday who were released on Thursday: Thenna Pongsak, Sathian Suwannakham, Sriaoun Watchara, Seathao Bannawat and Rumnao Surasak.
They were one of 31 foreign nationals kidnapped in the attack on Hamas who worked in Israel, many of whom as agricultural hand are in the agricultural heart of Israel near the Gaza border, apparently including some on Nir Oz.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Gideon Sa’ar, visits five Thai men – Pongsak then, Sathian Suwannakham, Watchara Sriaoun, Bannawat Seathao and Surasak Lamnau – who were released from captivity in Gaza the day before, Shamir Medical Center, Petah Tikva, January 31, 2025. (Oz Schechter / GPO)
The five met the Minister of Foreign Affairs on Friday, Gideon Sa’ar, during which, according to Ynet’s information site, they said taking place in underground tunnels, where they had trouble breathing and have Fight against hunger because their kidnappers did not always provide food.
They said they were talking mainly in English with the terrorists holding them, although they also spoke a small Arab, that they learned to understand in captivity in Gaza, where they were divided into distinct groups of two and three people each.
“You are strong. I wish you and your families a good life, good health and freedom, ”was cited as to tell them.
Thai Foreign Minister Maris Sangiamponga is expected to arrive in Israel on Saturday to meet Sa’ar and released hostages, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. The five men should go home to their families, who celebrated their return from Gaza, in about 10 days.