Former Hamas hostage Eitan Mor has revealed that Hamas terrorists filmed him dozens of times during his captivity in Gaza but never released a single video of him. Mor believes the decision was directly connected to the position taken by his father, Tzvika Mor, who refused to participate in demonstrations demanding a hostage deal and opposed ending the war at any cost. The revelations came during an interview on Kan 11’s “Taboo” program with Israeli television personality Hanoch Daum.

During the interview, Daum asked Mor whether Hamas terrorists had recorded videos of him while he was being held hostage. “Dozens of times, but they never released anything,” Mor responded. When asked why he believed the recordings were never made public, Mor explained that his father’s refusal to participate in the protests made the videos less useful to Hamas.

“Because my father didn’t go to the demonstrations. So what was the point?” Mor said. “They saw that my father was against that decision, against ending the war at any cost. So why waste a video of me? They released every video at the right time, before a demonstration.”

Mor’s remarks offered a glimpse into what he believes was Hamas’s calculated use of hostage videos as a form of psychological warfare, designed to influence public opinion in Israel and increase pressure on the government during negotiations over the hostages’ release. According to Mor, the terrorists carefully timed the release of their recordings to coincide with demonstrations, seeking to maximize their impact on Israeli society.

The conversation then turned to the intense public criticism directed at Mor’s father, Tzvika, throughout his son’s captivity. While many hostage families participated in demonstrations calling for an immediate agreement to secure their loved ones’ release, Tzvika publicly opposed any deal that would require Israel to end the war regardless of the consequences.

Daum raised the difficult question that had followed Tzvika during that period: How could a father whose own son was being held hostage oppose a deal that might bring him home?

Mor responded with an unequivocal defense of his father, praising both his courage and his willingness to consider Israel’s long-term security even while his own son remained in Hamas captivity.

“First of all, in my opinion, my father did the bravest thing possible, and the nationally correct thing,” Mor said. “Because my father was also thinking about the future.”

He continued by contrasting his father’s position with those who demanded the immediate release of the hostages regardless of the terms.

“The people who said, ‘Bring the hostages home now,’ were thinking only about the moment,” Mor explained. “And then what happens afterward?”

The interview was part of a special episode of “Taboo” featuring four survivors of Hamas captivity, who joined Daum for conversations about their experiences in Gaza, their return to Israel, and the challenges of rebuilding their lives following their release.

Mor’s testimony provides a personal account of how Hamas used hostage recordings during the war, while also shedding light on the difficult decisions faced by families whose loved ones were held in Gaza. For Mor, his father’s controversial public stance was not a betrayal of his son but an extraordinary act of courage rooted in concern for Israel’s future.

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