Former hostage Rom Braslavsky, held in Gaza, identified a recently eliminated militant as his former guard, saying in a statement: 'This is the son of a bitch who almost killed me.' Braslavsky previously recounted that this guard threatened to kill him minutes before his release.
Freed hostage Rom Braslavsky has publicly identified the recently eliminated militant as his former Hamas guard, stating: 'This is the son of a bitch who almost killed me.' The identification, posted on social media, follows an earlier celebratory message from Braslavsky today telling the guard to 'enjoy hell.' The guard had allegedly threatened to kill him minutes before his release, as Braslavsky previously recounted in an Instagram video.
The desk first reported the development at 13:41 Jerusalem today, when a former hostage, later identified as Braslavsky, posted that a guard who abused him had been killed. Within minutes, by 13:41 Jerusalem, Braslavsky was named and his specific remarks — including the direct identification and the celebratory message — were confirmed by Israeli media reports. The guard was eliminated in an IDF operation, the details of which have not been released.
As The Zioneer reported on June 10, Braslavsky previously recounted that the guard threatened him moments before his release, saying, 'Our Palestine, next time you come near the fence I will kill you.' Braslavsky was freed after 738 days in captivity, held by Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Hamas.
The specific identity of the eliminated militant and the precise circumstances of the operation remain unverified by official sources.
8 developments
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- DevelopingFreed hostage Rom Braslavsky says guard threatened to kill him minutes before release
- StrongIsrael eliminates Islamic Jihad commander who held hostage Rom Breslavsky
- DevelopingChannel distributes graphic video alleging Hamas mistreatment of hostages
Source and signal
- Internal intake