“Now the next in line are the triangle, the circle, and the square,” he said, alluding to the code names the hostages gave the Hamas members holding them captive.
The IDF and Shin Bet announced on Sunday the elimination of the terrorist who abducted Eliya Cohen from a shelter on Highway 232, in the Re’im area, on October 7.
Cohen responded to the news alongside his fiancée, Ziv Abud, a survivor of the Nova music festival.
The two had sought refuge in a shelter now known as the “death bunker.” Of those who hid there, 16 were killed by terrorists, four were taken hostage, and seven were rescued by Israeli forces.
The two responded to the full circle moment in a video on Sunday.
The happiest person in the world
“Wow, I think I’m the happiest person in the world right now,” said Ziv. “Whoever kidnapped Eliya, who pulled him out from among all the bodies and loaded him into a pickup truck like a sack of potatoes and took him to Gaza in a pickup truck, the IDF took him down.”
Ziv Abud with the hostage poster for her partner, Elia Cohen (credit: Screenshot/Instagram)
Abud then turned the camera to Eliyah and asked, “What do you have to say about that?”
Eliyah responded, “First of all, thank God, thank you, Father.”
“Now the next in line are the triangle, the circle, and the square,” alluding to the code names the hostages gave the Hamas members holding them captive.
Earlier, Eliyah spoke with Jerusalem mayor Moshe Leon at an event for community leaders, where he told his personal story and sang a song of praise for the killing of his captor.
Both responsible have been eliminated
The IDF and Shin Bet identified the Hamas terrorist as Hassan Mahmoud Hassan Hussein, who served as the commander of Nukbha in the Al-Bureij Battalion of the Hamas Central Camps Brigade.
Hussein, who had led the attack on the bomb shelter in Re’im alongside Muhammad Abu Atiwi, was killed in an airstrike in Gaza.
Abu Atiwi was eliminated in October 2024.