As the hours pass since the twenty living hostages returned from Hamas captivity on Monday, they are sharing more information and stories with their close circles about what they went through in captivity, and also about the last days and hours before they exited the tunnels and returned home after two years and six days.
On Wednesday it became known that Eitan Horn, David Cunio, and Nimrod Cohen were together in the same tunnel in the period leading up to the signing of the deal. On the night between Wednesday and Thursday last week, when the deal that led to the end of the war was signed, the terrorists woke them up with screams and announced that a deal had been signed and they were going home. One of the family members said the terrorists were happy to end their period of guarding the hostages.
The group consisted of the three of them, as mentioned, and they were in a tunnel in an isolated location and were not exposed at all to media reports. Eight months ago, during the previous deal, Ariel Cunio and Iair Horn, Eitan Horn's brother, were also with them. The farewell video of Iair Horn and Eitan Horn was published by Hamas, while the rest of the hostages who appeared in the video had blurred faces.
Hamas terrorists decided at this point in time to leave the three together and not to connect them with other hostages. One of the hostages told his relatives that in order to maintain minimal fitness, they walked back and forth many times inside the tunnel.
