Overview
- Kupershtein says he stayed to help wounded partygoers during the October 7 Nova Festival attack, was shot, and then abducted while working as a security guard.
- He reports being held underground with five other hostages in a small cell where abuse and threats were routine.
- He managed to tune an Israeli military radio station from a transmitter intended for Quran broadcasts, using it for daily updates from home.
- From those broadcasts, he learned of his father Tal’s rehabilitation to regain speech so he could advocate publicly for his release.
- Now newly freed, he is visiting the White House and says he intends to thank President Donald Trump, whom he calls an emissary of God.