# Mike Waltz fights back tears as Hamas hostage recounts ordeal before release

https://mins.news/en/item/90305

- Fox News, 2026-10-07 19:56 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.foxnews.com/world/mike-waltz-fights-back-tears-revealing-what-hamas-hostage-refused-do-before-release

> At a U.N. commemoration, Eliya Cohen, who spent 505 days in Hamas captivity, described abuse he endured; his wife, Ziv Abud, recounted surviving the Nova festival attack. U.S. Ambassador Mike Waltz said honoring survivors and remembering the loss must go hand in hand with pursuing peace and preventing another Hamas attack.

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