Former Israeli Hostages Share Tearful Response to Message of Support from Avenged Sevenfold’s M. Shadows: ‘Can’t Believe He Made This Video’

Two Avenged Sevenfold superfans who were held hostage successful Gaza during the two-year Israel-Hamas war, expressed their gratitude connected Wednesday (Oct. 15) for a connection of enactment and emotion from the hard stone band’s singer, M. Shadows.

Evyatar David and Guy Gilboa-Dalal were some taken hostage connected Oct. 7, 2023 portion attending the Nova Music Festival successful Israel and released this week arsenic portion of a ceasefire woody brokered by President Trump. During their captivity, the puerility friends reportedly bonded implicit their emotion of the “Nightmare” band’s music, prompting vocalist Shadows to nonstop them a video connection welcoming them location aft an A7X Israeli instrumentality radical contacted the set astir the men’s plight.

“Evyatar and Guy, I”m truthful excited to perceive you guys are location today. We’ve been pursuing the communicative closely. We knew you guys were devoted A7X fans and we admit it truthful much. The things you guys person been through, it’s conscionable unspeakable, terrible,” Shadows said successful the video.

“Hopefully we spot you guys soon,” Shadows added. “Be safe. Spend clip with your family. Get immoderate remainder and hopefully we tin spot you guys soon. Welcome home. Glad you guys are ok.”

In a effect video shared by the A7X Israel group, Gilboa-Dalal watches Shadow’s video successful disbelief, smiling and laughing. “No! ‘See you soon’!,” helium says successful amazement from what looks similar a infirmary room. When his member notes that Shadows is “waiting for you,” Gilboa-Dalal says “no way… bash you deliberation helium would conscionable me?”

His member past says “why not?” and promises to effort to marque the gathering hap arsenic Gilboa-Dalal insists that they amusement the clip to David arsenic well. “I’m successful shock,” Gilboa-Dalal says. “Yesterday we listened to their songs. It was overwhelming. It was truthful overmuch amended than imagining it for 2 years.” When his member notes that the 2 erstwhile captives spent 1 of their archetypal nights of state listening to their favourite band, Gilboa-Dalal says, “It felt similar my psyche had near my body. I’m not adjacent joking. I can’t judge helium made this video!”

The clip ends with footage of the 2 men post-release sitting side-by-side arsenic they play aerial guitar to an A7X song.

Monday’s woody saw the instrumentality of 20 surviving Israeli hostages and the opening of the repatriation of the bodies of the 28 dormant captives who were held successful Gaza during the devastating warfare arsenic portion of a ceasefire woody that, astatine property time, appeared to beryllium holding.