While recounting his harrowing months in Hamas captivity, released hostage Bar Kuperstein revealed a chilling yet extraordinary exchange between his mother and one of his captors, an encounter that left the terrorist speechless.
Kuperstein held up a bracelet his mother had worn throughout his imprisonment — engraved with the words, “My son is always in the hands of the Creator.” He explained that during his captivity, “one of the terrorists called my mother and told her she was not doing enough to free me and that if she wanted to see me again she needed to go out, file complaints at The Hague and really fight.”
The militant’s attempt to terrify her failed completely. “He tried to frighten her with psychological warfare and expected her to answer stammering or in fear,” Kuperstein said. “And she simply told him the following sentence: ‘My son is not in your hands but always in the hands of the Creator – and you are also in the hands of the Creator.’”
According to Kuperstein, the Hamas member was caught off guard. “There was a moment of silence because the terrorist did not know what to answer and then he replied, ‘Well done, madam.’ Since then that has been the slogan that accompanies us.”
{Matzav.com}
This story is fantastic and love hearing it again; baruch Hashem Bar is home now.
Also, Julie Kuperstein described how the terrorist spoke to her with a heavy Iranian accent.
Was that his way of disguising his voice (by adopting a fake accent) or are there Iranians in Gaza?
Wow. Unbelievable emuna and courage. The family should only have simchos and Brachos.
Beautiful inspiring story on emunah. Now we understand where his strength came from. May they be a nachas to the Rebono Shel Olam.