'What my son is experiencing in Gaza is disturbingly similar to the Holocaust'

The videos of Israeli hostages Rom Braslavski and Evyatar David, released in recent days by Hamas and Islamic Jihad, transported Kobi Ohel back to the beginning of the year, when a group of hostages was freed as part of a deal and their physical condition spoke volumes about what his son – Alon Ohel – who still being held in Gaza, might be enduring.

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