Hamas brainwashed my son, says hostage mum

FREED Israeli hostage Andrey Kozlov brainwashed by his Hamas captors into believing no one cared about him, his mother said yesterday.

- Mark Reynolds

Yevgenia Kozlov Kozlov claimed her 27-year-old son, rescued by Israeli soldiers with three others, was physically and psychologically tortured.

Andrey, who had been working as a security guard, was seized from the Nova music festival on October 7 when Hamas murdered 1,200 Israelis.

For the first two months his hands and feet were bound. His captors also piled blankets on him in high temperatures and refused to let him use the lavatory.

Yevgenia said: "He said he was brainwashed. They told them that nobody wants them, that nobody is fighting for them."