Cruelty: Hamas forced Daniela Gilboa to fake her death for propaganda purposes

February 12, 2025   

Orly, the mother of the kidnapped Daniela Gilboa, who Hamas previously claimed was dead and was recently released, said that the terrorists forced her daughter to stage her death for the purpose of psychological terror. ‘'Fitness Tours' and producer Meir Margalit present: A Passover vacation of dreams ""One of the captors simply came with a camera and told her: 'Today we are filming you dead.' She begged for her life and asked him not to do it," she said. She also revealed in an interview with Channel 12 how the terrorists tried to create the impression that Daniela was killed by IDF fire: "They actually took pictures there. He even poured powder on her so that it would look like she had plaster on her and that she had been hit by fire from our forces." The observer's mother told how Daniela apologized for what the terrorists forced her to do: "When she saw me and my husband for the first time, she apologized, for what she had made us feel during this entire period." In November 2024, Hamas released a propaganda video claiming that a kidnapped woman had been killed in captivity by IDF fire. The video allegedly showed the body of a young woman, with tattoos like Daniela Gilboa's. The IDF later stated regarding the content of the video: "The information has been checked and there is no way to verify or refute it." After Daniela's release, Orly said: "We would like to thank you for your support, even when it seemed that the worst had happened to her, you believed with us that Daniela was okay. That this is just a cruel game, that Hamas is playing in our heads."'