The uncle of Israeli brothers held hostage by Hamas terrorists said this week his nephews were branded in case they escaped.
“They told us stories about what they went through inside Gaza. The stories are horrible,” Yaniv Yaakov told Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen.
“Each child that was taken by Hamas was taken on a motorbike and they took every child, took his leg and put it on the exhaust of that motorbike, so they have a burn so they will be marked if they run, if they escape, so [Hamas] can find them,” he added.
He said his nephews Yagil Yaakov, 12, and Or Yaakov, 16, were "drugged" and "treated so badly" after being taken hostage in Gaza on Oct. 7.
We don't know much about what happened to the hostages in captivity as Hamas has threatened the hostages if they speak. But we know some of the children had their legs held to motorcycle exhaust to brand them in case they escaped. Branded. Like cattle. pic.twitter.com/tVMjcko2S0
— Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll (@skjask) November 30, 2023
Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett called Hamas “sadistic monsters” over what they did to the boys.
We now know that Hamas terrorists who held hostage 13-year-old Yagel Yaacov and his brother Or, used a boiling hot motorcycle exhaust to “imprint” a burn on their legs as a way to identify them if they try to escape.
— Naftali Bennett נפתלי בנט (@naftalibennett) November 30, 2023
Let me repeat:
They took a boiling piece of metal and pinned… pic.twitter.com/5A2jGLVjls
The children and their scars
— Naftali Bennett נפתלי בנט (@naftalibennett) December 1, 2023
The brothers were released Monday along with nine other hostages.