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WASHINGTON — Two years after Hamas terrorists kidnapped Israeli-American Keith Siegel from his home, he spoke publicly about the 484 days he was held hostage in a dark underground tunnel, where he was regularly beaten and starved.

“The brutality we endured still haunts me,” the former hostage said during a Tuesday vigil hosted at the Kennedy Center in recognition of the two-year anniversary of the Hamas-led terrorist attacks on Oct. 7, 2023, as well as the Jewish holiday of Sukkot.

In addition to Siegel, other former hostages and family members of those who are still being held captive by Hamas gathered at the “Sukkah of Hope,” a temporary structure that the Hostages and Missing Families Forum helped create.

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