Hostage Survivor Romi Gonen Shares Harrowing Kidnapping Video

Romi Gonen, a survivor of captivity, has shared portions of her kidnapping video on her podcast, detailing the emotional toll the experience continues to take. "I wake up with it in the morning, I go to sleep with it at night, it's in my dreams," she stated.

Gonen described the footage, which shows her lying in a vehicle with the sun shining on her and her hair blowing in the wind. "To see myself lying there like that, alive, it's no longer a picture I had, it's something alive, breathing. It's crazy," she recounted.

She further elaborated on her feelings during the abduction, expressing intense fear. "All that I felt in those moments in the car, is that I was really scared already at this stage, really. My hand hurt, a lot of nonsense was being shouted there, they hit me, but like, all that was going through my head, it's the pain, it didn't release me."

Towards the end of the video, Gonen is seen opening her eyes, a moment she described as confirmation of her consciousness during the ordeal. "Something also at this moment when I see the opening of the eyes, yes, it gives me the confirmation that I was there consciously," she said, reiterating that the memories and images haunt her waking and sleeping hours.