The devastating account given by Yaron Or the father of Avinatan Or paints a horrific picture of his son’s ordeal in Gaza Avinatan who was kidnapped from the Nova music festival and held for over two years was subjected to unimaginable cruelty The father alleges that his son was punished with an unbelievably cruel sentence being handcuffed to a cage This appalling confinement was reportedly enforced for an entire year The reason behind this extreme measure was Avinatan’s brave but unsuccessful attempt to flee from his captors .
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Speaking to the media Yaron Or detailed the conditions of the confinement The space was barely six feet high making it a crushing and uncomfortable prison for Avinatan who is nearly two meters tall The enclosure which the father called simply a cage was only slightly longer than the thin mattress provided for sleeping This punishment was not a temporary measure but a sustained psychological and physical assault lasting a full 365 days a period specifically ordered after his desperate effort to gain freedom resulted in a severe beating by his guards .
The year in the cage was compounded by the fact that Avinatan was held in total isolation for the entire two-year duration of his captivity in the tunnels He was cut off from the world without human contact or books with a Rubik’s Cube becoming his only source of mental stimulation This solitary confinement combined with severe starvation that caused him to lose up to 40 percent of his body weight left him physically degraded but remarkably still mentally strong The father’s statement provides a chilling and vital piece of testimony about the extreme brutality endured by those held captive underscoring the necessity of bringing all remaining hostages home .
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