Gali and Ziv Berman, the 28-year-old twins who were held for two years in Hamas captivity in Gaza, opened up about their kidnapping, captivity, release and recovery in a wide-ranging interview about their ordeal that aired Saturday evening.

The two fraternal twins were taken hostage by terrorists from Kibbutz Kfar Aza during the Hamas-led invasion and onslaught in southern Israel on October 7, 2023, along with 17 other Kfar Aza residents. They were released in the truce that began in October, and are now looking to move forward.

“We don’t want to deal with the misery anymore,” Gali said in the interview with Channel 12, which was filmed on the front porch of their house and around Kfar Aza.

Ziv agreed: “We had misery for two years. Enough, that’s it.”

After a few laughs, the two described their two-year odyssey, beginning with their abduction.

According to Gali, he awoke to rocket sirens when the first barrage began around 6:30 a.m. on October 7. He then got a video call from Emily Damari, a close friend from the Kibbutz.

“I’m scared. Can you come, please?” she said, according to Gali. He then ran to her house, unaware that Hamas-led terrorists were already running roughshod through the kibbutz.

When he arrived at Damari’s house, the two waited inside her shelter with her small dog, Chucha. The house was soon surrounded by gunmen.

“They shot the dog, shot Emily, and told us: ‘Come on, get up!’” Gali recalled. The two were then taken into Gaza, with Damari suffering a gunshot wound to her hand, which would eventually cost her two fingers.

Separately, back at their house, Gali’s brother Ziv was also captured.

The twins were held in different tunnels in severe conditions for the first months of the war, and were both unaware that the other had been taken hostage, or that they had even survived the initial attack.

Despite the difficult conditions, Gali refused to give up hope of seeing his twin brother again: “Every day I told them: ‘I want to see my brother,’” he said, after learning that his brother was also a hostage.

After 183 days, Gali was moved to another tunnel, fitted with a microphone, and placed in front of a........

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