Chilling Details of How Hamas Treated Hostages in Captivity

The Rubin Report

Emma Dog Productions

News Commentary, News, Politics

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🗓️ 7 October 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Dave Rubin of “The Rubin Report” talks to Moran Stella Yanai about her terrifying kidnapping from the Nova Music Festival and being held hostage by Hamas in Gaza for 54 days; the chaos and fear of the Hamas terror attack; her desperate escape attempts and the physical and psychological abuse she endured; how her faith, hope, and will to live gave her strength; the manipulation and cruelty of her captors; the mental resilience needed to survive unimaginable conditions; and her powerful call for peace, understanding, and the value of human life; and much more.

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0:00.0	It didn't quite make sense.
0:01.0	Yeah.
0:02.0	Well, are you ready to start?
0:03.0	All right, we're good?
0:04.0	Yeah.
0:05.0	Okay.
0:06.0	Okay.
0:07.0	We are starting.
0:08.0	Welcome to our fight.
0:10.0	So, my name is Juan Salernan.
0:13.0	And I'm 41 years old, currently, and I was kidnapped from the Nova Festival.
0:19.0	Being held captive for 54 days, which I, you know,
0:24.6	these days I'm not saying the amount of days
0:27.6	because I feel like awkward to say 54 compared to 6003 days,
0:32.6	which is unacceptable in no way, but on October 7th,
0:39.1	which is what I live till today.
0:41.8	For us, it's not a year and a half passed by.
0:45.4	It's the same day, every single day,
0:47.8	till everybody will come back.
0:49.8	I was at a Nova, I came as a vendor,
0:53.0	basically came first time to a festival, first time showing my jewelry
0:59.0	in that, you know, size and amount.
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