Posted by THE mother of extremist Alaa Abd El-Fattah appeared to back baseless claims that Hamas did not torture Israeli hostages after October 7.
Laila Soueif reposted the conspiracy theory a day before her British-Egyptian son, 44, returned to join her in the UK. He had spent years in jail in Egypt for “spreading fake news”.
Extremist Alaa Abd El-Fattah’s mother, Laila Soueif, appeared to back claims that Israeli hostages taken captive by Hamas were not tortured
But he was caught up in a row on his return over old online posts in which he called for Zionists and UK cops to be killed, and called himself a terrorist.
His mother reposted a Facebook message on Christmas Day, written by an Egyptian activist who claimed Hamas did not torture the 251 hostages.
Last night, Jewish campaigner Adam Ma’anit slammed Ms Soueif, saying: “My cousin Tsachi (Idan) was denied medical care, starved, tortured, and ultimately murdered.”
London-born Ms Soueif was asked to comment.
The Facebook post said: “Since the beginning of the war on (sic) Gaza, officials and commentators around the world have repeatedly expressed grief for Israeli hostages in Gaza – individuals who, by all accounts, were not subjected to systematic torture.
Other hostages and their families have previously given harrowing accounts of torture by Hamas in Gaza.
Hostage Evyatar David was forced to dig his own grave while clearly emaciated in a Hamas propaganda video in August last year. He was eventually released.
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