{"id":52887,"date":"2025-09-29T00:48:46","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T04:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/ex-hostage-eliyah-cohen-responds-to-death-of-his-hamas-captor\/29\/09\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T00:48:46","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T04:48:46","slug":"ex-hostage-eliyah-cohen-responds-to-death-of-his-hamas-captor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/ex-hostage-eliyah-cohen-responds-to-death-of-his-hamas-captor\/29\/09\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-hostage Eliyah Cohen responds to death of his Hamas captor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Now the next in line are the triangle, the circle, and the square,&#8221; he said, alluding to the code names the hostages gave the Hamas members holding them captive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">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&#8217;im area, on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/tags\/the-october-7-massacre\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:October 7.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">October 7. <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Cohen responded to the news alongside his fianc\u00e9e, Ziv Abud, a survivor of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/tags\/nova-music-festival\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Nova music festival.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Nova music festival. <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The two had sought refuge in a shelter now known as the \u201cdeath bunker.\u201d Of those who hid there, 16 were killed by terrorists, four were taken hostage, and seven were rescued by Israeli forces.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The two responded to the full circle moment in a video on Sunday.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">The happiest person in the world<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Wow, I think I&#8217;m the happiest person in the world right now,&#8221; said Ziv. &#8220;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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/tags\/gaza\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Gaza;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Gaza<\/a> in a pickup truck, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/tags\/idf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:IDF;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">IDF<\/a> took him down.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Ziv Abud with the hostage poster for her partner, Elia Cohen (credit: Screenshot\/Instagram)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Abud then turned the camera to Eliyah and asked, &#8220;What do you have to say about that?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Eliyah responded, &#8220;First of all, thank God, thank you, Father.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Now the next in line are the triangle, the circle, and the square,&#8221; alluding to the code names the hostages gave the Hamas members holding them captive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">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.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">Both responsible have been eliminated<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Hussein, who had led the attack on the bomb shelter in Re&#8217;im alongside Muhammad Abu Atiwi, was killed in an airstrike in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Abu Atiwi was eliminated in October 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/ex-hostage-eliyah-cohen-responds-024828206.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&ldquo;Now the next in line are the triangle, the circle, and the square,&rdquo; 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