Released hostage Ofir Engel: 'They told us the families don't want us to come back'

Ofir Engel, released hostage, returns to Kibbutz Be'eri, from which he was kidnapped on Simchat Torah, the day of Hamas' brutal attack on Israel.

Ofir Engel, a 17-year-old who was freed from Hamas captivity last month, spoke Wednesday during his first visit to Kibbutz Be'eri, where he was kidnapped from on the morning of October 7.

"Three terrorists entered the house, two with guns, one with RPG - something they shouldn't do," Engel described. "Then, they took me into a blackout."

"The last thing I remember is being carried away, and Evan, my girlfriend, said, 'I love you.' They abused us mentally. They told us that the families don't want us to come back, and that we are going to stay in Gaza more than [a] year."

"One of the most difficult movements was when the terrorists moved us twice in absolute darkness, with nonstop booms all around us," he shared.

"I was there. And every moment the hostages are there - is danger. They have no time. Why do I get to be here and they don't? They all have to come back home - now," he concluded.