Two former Hamas hostages visited Chabad of Southwest Coral Springs on Sunday, Dec. 7, as part of a speaking tour detailing their story of faith, family and survival under brutal conditions.
“Until now, for all of us, myself included, the experience of what you’ve gone through has been nothing more than videos we’ve seen, stories we’ve heard third hand,” Rabbi Yankie Denburg said onstage in front of the packed hall.
“It’s been a story on our screens. And tonight, the story is no longer on the screen.”
During the 90-minute conversation, Maya and Itay Regev, along with their father Ilan, detailed the harrowing weeks between Oct. 7 and the siblings’ late-November release — beginning with sheer terror as Maya, Itay and a friend attempted to flee the Nova music festival…