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Siegel was shot in the hand and his ribs were broken during the Oct. 7 attack. His wounds weren't treated until he was freed more than a year later. He said Hamas also '''tried to convert him to Islam.''' He was beaten at random and without warning, sexually assaulted, forced to watch as other hostages were beaten and assaulted, starved and humiliated, forced to make Hamas videos, spat on and forcibly shaved. He said he was kept alone in a locked room for six months.
 
Siegel was shot in the hand and his ribs were broken during the Oct. 7 attack. His wounds weren't treated until he was freed more than a year later. He said Hamas also '''tried to convert him to Islam.''' He was beaten at random and without warning, sexually assaulted, forced to watch as other hostages were beaten and assaulted, starved and humiliated, forced to make Hamas videos, spat on and forcibly shaved. He said he was kept alone in a locked room for six months.
 
[https://jewishinsider.com/2025/04/keith-and-aviva-siegel-hamas-captivity-ajc-ambassadors-seder/ Keith Siegel recounts his Hamas captivity to foreign diplomats, AJC members][[User:Dianne3000|Dianne3000]] ([[User talk:Dianne3000|talk]]) 04:32, April 18, 2025 (EDT)
 
[https://jewishinsider.com/2025/04/keith-and-aviva-siegel-hamas-captivity-ajc-ambassadors-seder/ Keith Siegel recounts his Hamas captivity to foreign diplomats, AJC members][[User:Dianne3000|Dianne3000]] ([[User talk:Dianne3000|talk]]) 04:32, April 18, 2025 (EDT)
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:He is from NC.
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<i>Hostage, NC native Keith Siegel released by Hamas on mission to lobby Trump, Israel to reach deal to free remaining hostages - ABC11 Raleigh-Durham.
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After 484 days in Hamas captivity, former hostage Keith Siegel finds purpose in his new mission.</i> [https://abc11.com/post/hostage-nc-native-keith-siegel-released-hamas-mission-lobby-trump-israel-reach-deal-free-remaining-hostages/16193985/ WABC].
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..."In tunnels 130 feet underground, barely being able to breathe, gasping for my breath, for our breath. Deprived of food, water, and sanitation."...
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"I was kicked by terrorists, I was spat on by terrorists, cursed, just out of the blue with nothing that I had done that might provoke that"...
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Of the remaining hostages, five are Americans, but just one -- 20-year-old Edan Alexander of Tenafly, New Jersey -- is still alive.</blockquote>[[User:Telling|Telling]] ([[User talk:Telling|talk]]) 05:08, April 18, 2025 (EDT)
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