Rom Breslavsky: This is how Hamas tried to make me convert to Islam
The hostage survivor told for the first time in his own voice about Hamas's attempts to convert him during his captivity. "60% of the hostages converted to Islam, for them it was a game."
Assessment
A former hostage claims that Hamas made systematic efforts to convert captives to Islam during their captivity, alleging that 60% of hostages converted and that the militants treated it as a game. The account raises urgent questions about psychological coercion and religious pressure as tools of captivity. The credibility and verifiability of this claim will likely draw intense scrutiny, and further corroboration from other released hostages is the key next development to watch.