An Israeli woman kidnapped by Hamas in the Gaza Strip has become the first victim to publicly talk about rape and torture. A security guard sexually harassed her in a private home and eventually forced her to perform sex acts on him at gunpoint, 40-year-old Amit Soussana told the New York Times.
The woman reported that she was held in private homes, a school and a tunnel, among other places. During her captivity, she was repeatedly exposed to physical attacks, torture, humiliation and frightening situations.
Published at the end of November
According to their own statements, on October 7, 2023, terrorists from the Islamist organization Hamas brutally abducted Soussana from Kibbutz Kfar Aza, near the Gaza border, to the coastal area. She was released in late November, when Israel and Hamas exchanged 110 hostages for about 400 Palestinian prisoners.
According to The New York Times, her personal account of her experiences in detention is consistent with what she told two doctors and a social worker less than 24 hours after her release on November 30. It was agreed with the victim that the details would not be made public.
Terrorist group: “Construction of the secret service”
The terrorist organization consistently denies that its militia members committed sex crimes while invading southern Israel or handling hostages, despite an overwhelming amount of circumstantial evidence proving this. A Hamas spokesman contacted by The New York Times denied that the woman’s statements were credible, describing them as “constructions of Israeli intelligence officers.”
Victims of rape and sexual violence are traumatized and find it extremely difficult to speak publicly about what happened to them. The woman told the New York Times that she wanted to draw attention to the suffering of about a hundred hostages still in the hands of Hamas.
Massive sexual crimes
Terrorists from Hamas and other extremist groups attacked southern Israel on October 7. In an unprecedented massacre, they murdered 1,200 people and abducted another 250 to the Gaza Strip. Even during the attack, the terrorists committed massive sexual crimes against their victims. The report by a United Nations Special Representative finds statements by survivors, eyewitnesses and doctors credible. In the same report from early March, the information that sexual violence has been and continues to be committed against kidnapped hostages is considered convincing.
Source: Krone
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