Rom Breslavsky, freed in a 2025 hostage deal, filmed his reaction Tuesday upon hearing that a Hamas terrorist who assaulted him in captivity had been eliminated in an IDF strike, according to a video shared online. The clip shows Breslavsky receiving the news directly.
Rom Breslavsky, freed from Hamas captivity in 2025, published a video on Tuesday documenting the moment he learned that a Hamas terrorist who abused him during his more than two years in captivity had been eliminated in an IDF strike. The clip, shared on social media, shows Breslavsky receiving the news directly, hours after he first celebrated the killing publicly — a development first reported by The Zioneer at 13:41 Jerusalem.
The sequence of Breslavsky's public responses emerged rapidly on Tuesday afternoon. Initial reports at 13:41 Jerusalem described an unverified Instagram post from a former hostage saying his guard had been killed and declaring victory. Within minutes, Breslavsky was named by Israeli media and posted a statement identifying the operative as 'the son of a bitch who almost killed me' and who had threatened to kill him minutes before his release. By 13:41, he had elaborated that the same guard personally ordered his torture and beatings, described the 100-kg man who 'jumped on my neck' in captivity, and now, later in the day, released the video capturing his reaction as the news arrived. The corroboration evolved from an initial unverified social media claim to publicly named, on-record statements from Breslavsky himself.
Breslavsky, who was held for 738 days and freed in a 2025 ceasefire deal, has spoken in recent weeks — including in interviews documented by The Zioneer — about the physical and psychological abuse he endured, and recounted in an earlier video that the same guard threatened to kill him just before his handover to the Red Cross. The IDF has not formally confirmed the specific operative's death, and the circumstances of the strike remain unclear.
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