The family of hostage Matan Angrest released new footage of Matan's kidnapping to Gaza on Monday night, Israeli media reported.

The video, filmed by a terrorist and seized by the IDF, shows Matan being pulled out of the tank in which he was thrown into a crowd of dozens of terrorists who brutally lynched him. 

His mother, Anat Angrest, said that she forced herself to watch it for the first time Tuesday night.

In a post on her Instagram account, she wrote, "For 611 days, I avoided watching the full video in which you see the beginning of the lynching of my beloved son, Matan - dozens of terrorists against one soldier.

"We have no choice. Matan's life is at risk. We are forced to release another clip of the video to the entire public tonight. I wish we could avoid it. In recent weeks, we have embarked on a journey to gather information and materials to understand Matan's medical condition. After meetings with survivors of captivity who met Matan, we discovered that there is a huge gap between what was presented to us and the serious medical condition he is in.

"We experienced a severe shock - while the prime minister did not even know that Matan was injured, we discovered that Matan was suffering from open burns, inflammation, infections, and fever. This, alongside clear evidence of torture and electric shocks. Therefore, we had no choice but to show the public the harsh sights.

Matan Angrest. (credit: via walla!)
Matan Angrest. (credit: via walla!)
"The lynching that was carried out on Matan on October 7. The story of his serious injury is forgotten only because he is a soldier. Only because of this title, which should be a source of pride, our Matan is pushed aside and didn’t receive the label of ‘humanitarian.’"

Signs of life 

In March, Hamas released a propaganda video, giving a sign of life of Angrest, who has been held in captivity in Gaza since October 7.

The Angrest family, who approved publication of the video, said in a statement published by the Hostages and Missing Families Forum that they were “rocked by the footage we have just witnessed, in which our Matan is seen jaded and hopeless.

“Just as Matan fought for our country on October 7, our country should fight for him and bring him back to us immediately, together with all remaining hostages, at once. What more proof can we get to understand they are running out of time?!" the family stated.

Kidnapped from Nahal Oz

Matan, a soldier in a tank unit, was kidnapped from Nahal Oz along with his fellow soldiers, Itay Chen, Daniel Perez, and Tomer Leibovitz, all of whom were killed in battle. Their bodies were also taken into Gaza.

According to the Hostages’ and Missing Families Forum, Matan was critically injured when he was captured.