{"id":143460,"date":"2025-11-20T11:56:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T11:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/143460\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T11:56:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T11:56:09","slug":"im-from-gaza-eitan-mor-said-and-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/143460\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I\u2019m from Gaza,\u2019 Eitan Mor said \u2014 and the"},"content":{"rendered":"

His father, Tzvika, spoke about his son\u2019s return to everyday life and the family\u2019s new routine. \u201cEitan is finally enjoying his freedom,\u201d he said. \u201cHe\u2019s in rehabilitation with other former hostages, and the rest of the time he travels around the country and meets friends. He\u2019s constantly with two very close friends and, of course, with the family.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Tzvika said Eitan returned from Gaza speaking fluent Arabic \u2014 reading and writing. \u201cHe started writing his memories in Arabic, with a fully fluent Gazan-Palestinian accent,\u201d he said. \u201cThere was a moment on his way to rehab: he took a taxi, and the driver was Arab. The driver spoke Hebrew to Eitan, and Eitan replied in Arabic. They began chatting, and when the driver asked where he was from, Eitan said, \u2018Ana min Ghazza\u2019 \u2014 \u2018I am from Gaza.\u2019 The driver got so frightened he pulled over, thinking he was transporting an illegal border crosser. Then Eitan explained how he ended up in Gaza.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked how difficult it was to let Eitan travel to Washington, Tzvika admitted it wasn\u2019t easy. \u201cIt\u2019s tough, but he wanted it,\u201d he said. \u201cHe bonded with his brother, his uncle and the whole group. They\u2019re very close \u2014 especially Ziv Berman. Ziv and Eitan are best friends from captivity. I\u2019m very happy for Eitan \u2014 that he\u2019s free, happy, choosing when to wake up, where to go, what to buy.\u201d<\/p>\n

He confirmed there had been friction within the group around the flight. \u201cTwo former hostages demanded a private plane for the group instead of a commercial flight. It caused some aggravation. They also treated the head of the Hostages and Missing Families Directorate very disrespectfully \u2014 someone who could be their father, who works tirelessly for all of them. They later apologized. What matters most is helping them return to routine and find satisfaction in their lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tzvika said Eitan shares memories frequently. \u201cHe tells us everything. I keep saying, \u2018Wait, wait \u2014 we have to write this down.\u2019 When he returns from the U.S., I\u2019ll sit with him and make sure nothing is forgotten. His memory is phenomenal \u2014 he remembers the exact day he was moved, what the captor called him. He went through extremely hard periods. Eitan suffered from hunger, lost 15 kilos of muscle. He was always health-conscious \u2014 and he was starved. He was thrown into a basement and so weak he could barely sit. He survived on three spoonfuls of rice for months.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Eitan also endured near-misses during heavy bombardments. \u201cHe survived explosions, collapsing apartments, falling buildings,\u201d Tzvika said. \u201cHe spent time with Az al-Din Haddad and constantly heard them planning the next October 7. Until the last moment, he was brought up from the tunnel, they were digging.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Eitan\u2019s friendship with Ziv Berman, Tzvika said the bond grew naturally. \u201cWe haven\u2019t met Ziv yet, but Eitan visited him. The circumstances forced them to be extremely close. But they didn\u2019t need to try \u2014 they\u2019re both easygoing. Eitan grew up in Kiryat Arba with strong right-wing views; Ziv grew up on a kibbutz with a completely different lifestyle. They\u2019re best friends \u2014 and that\u2019s not new in Israel. You see it in the reserves, and we need to bring that spirit into civilian life. Above all, we\u2019re brothers.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"His father, Tzvika, spoke about his son\u2019s return to everyday life and the family\u2019s new routine. \u201cEitan is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":143461,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-143460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143460\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}