738 Days Held Hostage in Gaza: Maxim Herkin’s Story of Survival and Faith

Maxim went to the Nova Music Festival expecting to stay for just a few hours. He returned home 738 days later.

In this deeply personal interview, he recounts surviving the October 7, 2023 attack, being taken hostage by Hamas, and enduring more than two years in captivity in Gaza.

He shares what life was like in the houses and underground tunnels where he was held, how faith and prayer sustained him, and how seeing people campaign for the hostages gave him strength.