“As Soon As Trump Was Elected, I Saw The Fear In Their Eyes” – Former Israeli Hostage Reveals Hamas’ Reaction To Trump Election
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Former Israeli Hostage Omer Shem Tov revealed how Hamas reacted to the election of Donald Trump.
Shem Tov said, “As soon as Trump was elected, I saw the fear in their eyes…They knew that everything on ground is gonna change, that something else is gonna happen, and they were scared. They were very scared.”
Omer Shem Tov was dancing with friends at the Nova Music Festival in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas terrorists launched a devastating attack, killing hundreds and loading Shem Tov and dozens of others onto the backs of pickup trucks bound for Gaza.
The 20-year-old Israeli spent the next 505 days in Hamas captivity, serving as a slave in the terrorist group’s elaborate tunnels until “fear” filled their eyes on Nov. 5, 2024 — when President Donald Trump won the presidential election, he told Fox News Digital.
Shem Tov recounted his months living in Hamas’ captivity in Gaza as war raged between the terrorist group and Israel, during a recent Zoom interview with Fox News Digital. He was released from captivity in February and traveled to the U.S. shortly afterward to meet with Trump in the Oval Office.
“As soon as Trump was elected, I saw the fear in their eyes,” Shem Tov said. “They knew that everything on ground is gonna change, that something else is gonna happen, and they were scared. They were very scared.”
Shem was released in February 2025 as part of a hostage agreement.
Released in February 2025 under a hostage agreement, Shem Tov later traveled to Washington and met with Donald Trump at the White House. “I told him that many in Israel believed he had been sent by God to help bring back the hostages,” he said. He remains close to the other survivors, describing them as “a second family.”
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