Hostage’s daughter recalls Oct. 7 horror during visit to Cleveland

Eight months ago, Shlomo Mantzur was believed to be taken from his home in Kibbutz Kissufim into Gaza during the Hamas surprise attack on Oct. 7, 2023. His family, including his daughter, Batya Mantzur, who traveled to Cleveland from June 4 to June 6, still holds out hope of seeing him once again.
“There’s no other choice,” Batya Mantzur told the Cleveland Jewish News on June 6. “We need to be strong for him to come (home). And until (anybody) says anything different, you want to believe that he is alive and we’re going to get him back.”
In town to speak at the Jewish Federation of Cleveland’s Women IN Philanthropy signature event on June 5 for Pomegranate Society and Lion of Judah Society donors and another group of donors on June 6, Batya Mantzur spoke to the CJN about what her father and family have gone through since Oct. 7.