Idit Ohel told Newsmax on Wednesday it is unbearable waiting for her son, who is being held hostage by Hamas, to be released.

Ohel’s son, Alon, has been held hostage for more than 500 days. Other hostages have said he is alive, but is being held in brutal conditions, including being chained, malnourished and denied medical attention.

“My son is in hell,” Ohel said on “National Report.” “He is not being fed and he is being chained in his legs and he cannot move. Knowing this is very hard. I can’t physically come and help him. It is just is unbearable for me.”

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