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Hostage Memoir Details 50 Days in Hamas Captivity

By Drooid · Oct 7, 2026, 2:09 PM UTC · How we work

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On October 7 2023, Hamas militants attacked Kibbutz Be'eri and Kibbutz Nir Oz in southern Israel, killing residents and taking hostages.
The report foregrounds hostage Shoshan Haran’s memoir, her 50-day captivity, and Kibbutz Nir Oz’s red and black stickers marking the quarter of residents killed or abducted.
Avshalom Haran, Shoshan Haran’s husband, was murdered on October 7 2023, with his reported last words, “It was a pleasure to live.”

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Media Bias Claim

On October 7 2023 Hamas militants attacked Kibbutz Be'eri and Kibbutz Nir Oz in southern Israel, killing residents and taking hostages.
Survivor Omer Shem Tov, freed after 505 days in February 2025, says media narratives ignore Israeli victims and denounces the documentary “NAZA” as one-sided.
Regev and her brother were shot and abducted during the attack and released in late November 2023.
Danino survived eleven months of captivity before Hamas executed him along with other hostages.

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Omer Shem Tov, released after 505 days of Hamas captivity, said the documentary “NAZA” presented only one side of the conflict and that its 25-minute standing ovation was hurtful.
Within this story's sources, this angle appears mainly in Right-leaning coverage and receives less attention in Center-leaning coverage.

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On October 7 2023, Hamas militants attacked Kibbutz Be'eri and Kibbutz Nir Oz in southern Israel, killing residents and taking hostages.
The report foregrounds hostage Shoshan Haran’s memoir, her 50-day captivity, and Kibbutz Nir Oz’s red and black stickers marking the quarter of residents killed or abducted.
Avshalom Haran, Shoshan Haran’s husband, was murdered on October 7 2023, with his reported last words, “It was a pleasure to live.”

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