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flag Former hostage Eliyah Cohen rejoiced after his Hamas captor, Hassan Hussein, was killed in an Israeli airstrike, confirmed by IDF and Shin Bet.

flag Ex-hostage Eliyah Cohen expressed relief and joy after learning his Hamas captor, Hassan Mahmoud Hassan Hussein, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza. flag Cohen, who was abducted during the October 7 attack on the Re’im music festival, referenced the code names hostages used for their captors—“triangle,” “circle,” and “square”—in a video posted September 29, 2025. flag He shared the news with his fiancée Ziv Abud, a Nova festival survivor, and thanked God, referencing a Palestinian tradition of sharing baklava. flag The IDF and Shin Bet confirmed the strike eliminated Hussein, a Nukhba unit commander from Hamas’ al-Bureij Battalion involved in the attack. flag This marks the second key figure in Cohen’s abduction to be killed, following Muhammad Abu Atiwi’s death in October 2024. flag While Cohen celebrated the moment as justice, others emphasized that true healing awaits the release of all hostages and national unity.

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