A freed Russian-Israeli hostage has revealed the horrifying truth of his 738-day captivity under Hamas, recounting scenes of terror, psychological torment, and the moment captors forced prisoners to choose who would die. Maxim Herkin’s account emerges just weeks after the US-brokered Trump Plan ended the Gaza war and secured the release of the final hostages. But his claims, including messages allegedly sent to Israel’s ministers, have triggered fresh political shockwaves. What really happened inside the tunnels?