As gunshots rang out through the Nova music festival grounds on Oct. 7, 2023, Andrei Kozlov, bewildered and terrified, jumped into a car with two strangers he thought were fleeing to safety.
Ten minutes into the harrowing ride, he realized an ugly truth.
The car was headed to Gaza. He was being kidnapped. He was a hostage of Hamas.
Kozlov was one of hundreds captured and held by the Palestinian terrorist organization that attacked Israel that day. About 1,200 Israelis were killed in massacres across communities and military bases in southern Israel.
Now 28, he is free after being held for 246 days in Gaza. He was rescued by soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on June 8, 2024….