{"id":123699,"date":"2025-08-27T17:05:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T15:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=123699"},"modified":"2025-08-26T16:29:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T14:29:46","slug":"27-05-111","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=123699","title":{"rendered":"Parents of captive IDF soldier Nimrod Cohen release footage of abduction"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.reunion68.com\/Biuletyn\/img\/jns-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"35%\"><\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/parents-of-captive-idf-soldier-nimrod-cohen-release-footage-of-abduction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Parents of captive IDF soldier Nimrod Cohen release footage of abduction<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>JNS Staff<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 15px; background: #d0e6fa; width: 100%;\">\n<div>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Cohen, 20, a tank gunner in the IDF&#8217;s Armored Corps from Rehovot, has been held in the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7, 2023.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/me.jnsi.org\/uploads\/2025\/08\/F250825AVS52-1320x880.jpg\" width=\"100%\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>Family members of hostage Nimrod Cohen hold a press conference in Tel Aviv after releasing footage from his abduction by Hamas terrorists, Aug. 25, 2025. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni\/Flash90.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The parents of&nbsp;<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/idf-officer-believed-to-be-alive-in-gaza-was-killed-on-oct-7\/\">Nimrod Cohen<\/a>, an Israel Defense Forces soldier taken captive by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7, 2023, on Monday night released for publication footage of his abduction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Cohen, 20, a tank gunner from the central city of Rehovot, was abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7 after his armored vehicle was attacked and overturned in the area of Kibbutz Nirim.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Cohen\u2019s family identified him in Hamas propaganda videos released in the aftermath of the terrorist massacre, his father told JNS in July 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cI knew something bad had happened because he was not responding to my WhatsApp messages. And then I saw him on a clip being dragged on the floor from his tank, that\u2019s when I realized he had been abducted,\u201d Yehuda Cohen said at the time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=JNS_org&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1960027800955764942&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jns.org%2Fparents-of-captive-idf-soldier-nimrod-cohen-release-footage-of-abduction%2F&amp;sessionId=658afb67b9b867306ffa3d159b1d69330062b959&amp;siteScreenName=JNS_org&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" width=\"650\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1960027800955764942\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Former hostages have described harsh conditions in which Cohen has been held, including being confined in a small cage, shackled during interrogations and denied medical care for skin rashes and an ear infection, likely from a condition that developed in the Gazan tunnels.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The captive soldier sent a message through released hostages, telling his family: \u201cI am OK. Don\u2019t worry, I love you.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Last week, Yehuda Cohen revealed that the family had been provided with videos found by the military in Gaza, including from his son\u2019s captivity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Cohen told reporters that the footage he was shown was more than a year old. \u201cHe says his name, that he is from Rehovot, something along the lines of \u2018It\u2019s time to release us.\u2019 They filmed everyone and later decided when to release each video,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Fifty captives remain in Gaza, with 49 abducted 689 days ago and one, IDF Lt. Hadar Goldin, taken in 2014. Of the 50, Israel presumes that 20 are alive, though there are serious fears for the lives of two hostages.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 15px; background: #d0e6fa; width: 100%;\">\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"content-alignment\">\n<div id=\"watch-description\" class=\"yt-uix-button-panel\">\n<div id=\"watch-description-text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><em>Zawarto\u015b\u0107 publikowanych artyku\u0142\u00f3w i materia\u0142\u00f3w nie reprezentuje pogl\u0105d\u00f3w ani opinii Reunion&#8217;68,<\/em><em><br \/>\nani te\u017c webmastera Blogu Reunion&#8217;68, chyba ze jest to wyra\u017anie zaznaczone.<br \/>\nTwoje uwagi, linki, w\u0142asne artyku\u0142y lub wiadomo\u015bci prze\u015blij na adres:<br \/>\n<\/em><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><em><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"mailto:webmaster@reunion68.com\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">webmaster@reunion68.com<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>. 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