Hostage mother releases new footage of Matan Angrest's kidnapping on Oct. 7
In the released footage, Angrest can be seen surrounded by terrorists on the tank with his uniform ripped off the upper half of his body.
New footage from the kidnapping of Israeli hostage Matan Angrest, 22, during October 7, in which he is documented being attacked, was chosen to be released on Thursday evening by his mother, Anat Angrest.
Angrest was captured in uniform from a tank while wounded and unconscious at the Nahal Oz outpost on the Gaza border during the attacks.
In the released footage, Angrest can be seen surrounded by terrorists on the tank with his uniform ripped off the upper half of his body, as his arms are held up.
Angrest is then seen on his knees as the terrorists continue to hold his hands behind his back.
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Before releasing the video, Matan's mother said that while she initially avoided watching the video and publishing it, she felt that sharing it was no longer a choice.
Hostage Matan Angrest (photo credit: Hostages and Missing Families Forum)
“I have to set aside my own feelings. I only think about what I need to do to prove that there are people buried underground, in immediate life-threatening danger — and that they can still be saved," Anat said.
At the beginning of March, Hamas published a propaganda video that gave a sign of life of Angrest.
In the video, Angrest was seen saying that the only way to bring the hostages back was through moving to the second stage of the hostage deal.
He also said in the video that the hostages were starting to lose hope and did not see the end. Angrest told the IDF that it would not succeed in releasing the hostages through military force, but only through a deal.
Angrest then called on government officials to move forward with the deal to release all the hostages held in Gaza.
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“He had gone out with his team to defend the outpost and the kibbutzim. Matan was abducted in critical condition and is enduring unimaginable suffering, torture during interrogations, and inhumane conditions,” Angrest's family stated.
“Despite being severely wounded, he was not returned in the humanitarian phase, solely because he is an Israeli soldier.”
Angrest, who served in a tank unit, was captured alongside his fellow soldiers Itai Chen, Daniel Peretz, and Tomer Leibovitz – who were all killed in the battle and their bodies were taken into Gaza.