Freed Israeli hostage says Hamas captors 'wanted Kamala to be elected,' were 'very scared' of Trump's return

A former Israeli hostage explained CNN in an interview Wednesday that his Hamas captors hoped former Vice President Kamala Harris would win the referendum and that the terrorists were very scared of President Donald Trump returning to office Omer Shem Tov was freed in February after spending days in captivity in Gaza He was captured during the deadly October terror attack at the Nova music festival in southern Israel Tov talked about his experience and about how the U S electoral process played a role in how he was treated by Hamas in a new interview with CNN They were very scared of him Tov announced of his captors' view of Trump They desired Kamala to be elected RETURN OF TRUMP GIVES FAMILIES OF GAZA HOSTAGES NEW HOPE But as soon as Donald Trump was elected they understood that he longed to bring us back home So forthwith the way they treated me changed he continued When Trump became president the way they treated us changed for me personally Because they anticipated that a deal would come soon CNN's Bianna Golodryga required Yeah Tov responded And that s when they started giving you more food she continued Exactly Tov approved More food started treating me better Stopped cursing me Stopped spitting on me Kamala Harris' office did not return a request for comment HOSTAGES FREED FROM GAZA TELL TRUMP HE WAS 'SENT BY GOD' TO SAVE THEM BUT DOZENS MORE REMAINIn March Tov visited the White House with other of late freed hostages and described the president that he considered he was sent by God to save them Tov credited Trump for securing his release in the interview with CNN He got me out he got the hostages out Before we felt like nothing was happening he stated Golodryga A clip of the interview was played on Wednesday's Inside Politics and anchor Dana Bash remarked that it seemed like the terrorists were trying to fatten up Tov because they considered he would be disclosed under Trump's leadership There are hostages still in Gaza at least of whom are assessed to be alive Itay Chen Omer Neutra Judy Weinstein Haggai and her husband Gadi Weinstein are all assumed to have been killed by Hamas in the October attack and their bodies taken into Gaza Fox News' Caitlin McFall contributed to this description