Nearly 500 days after Hamas seized him from a roadside bomb shelter in southern Israel, Alon Ohel managed to get a message out from the Gaza tunnel where he is being held by Palestinian fighters.

Ohel, a pianist, turned 24 on Monday. He was wounded by a grenade thrown into the bomb shelter where he had taken cover with almost 30 people on October 7, 2023, as they fled the attack led by Hamas gunmen on a music festival.

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