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- Bar Kuperstein, a freed hostage, described starvation and severe beatings by Hamas during captivity.
- He linked the abuse to the Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir's actions toward Palestinian prisoners, saying captors used those policies as justification.
- He expressed anger over Ben-Gvir's public remarks about Palestinian prisoners, which he believes worsened conditions for hostages.
- Ben-Gvir dismissed the claims and said his policies were not responsible for the violence.
