Freed hostage Daniella Gilboa was forced by Hamas to film a video of her own death, her mother, Orly Gilboa, revealed in an interview.
“One of the captors simply came with a camera and told her, ‘Today we’re filming you dead.’ She begged for her life and asked him not to do it,” Gilboa explained to Channel 12 on Wednesday
Gilboa said that the terrorists poured powder on her daughter so she would look like she was covered in plaster.
“When she saw me and my husband for the first time, she apologized for what she made us feel during this whole period,” she added.
Hamas claimed Daniella was killed by IDF fire in November
Hamas announced Daniella’s “death” in November 2024, stating that she had been killed by IDF fire and showed blurred photos of her body covered in debris.
The IDF later conducted an investigation and stated that the information in the video had been examined, but there was no way to confirm or deny it.
Daniella was one of the seven female IDF observers abducted from the Nahal Oz army base. She was released from Hamas captivity in January.