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Amit Soussana, 40, was kidnapped on October 7 last year by Hamas When the Islamists attacked Israel and killed more than 1,000 people. She was taken to Gaza, where she was held captive for 55 days. Nearly four months after her release, she gave an interview and became the first Israeli woman to speak publicly about the sexual assault and other forms of violence she was a victim of.
In mid-March, the American newspaper The New York Times interviewed Soussana for eight hours and this week he revealed his shocking a testimony.
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The woman said it was kidnapped when he was at his house located in Kibbutz of Kfar Aza. At least 10 men beat her and dragged her to Link.
He said that They kept her prisoner alone in the children’s room, where she was chained of his left ankle.
Soussana She stated that days after she was kidnapped, a kidnapper began asking questions about her sex life.
She said that sometimes the guard who took care of her would come in and sit next to her on the bed, He lifted her skirt and started touching her..
The man also asked him insistently When would I have my period?. When her period ended, around October 18, she remembers being able to hold the man for almost another week, pretending that your bleeding continued.
But on October 24th, the man, who called himself Muhammad, attacked her.
That morning he said SoussanaMohammed He insisted that she take a shower, but she refused., claiming that the water was cold. but the man He took her to the bathroom, brought hot water from the kitchen and told her to pour it on herself.
When she undressed and began to clean herself in the bathtub, the man returned and stood in the doorway, with a revolver in his hand. “I turned around and saw him standing there with the gun. I grabbed a towel to cover myself, but he came on top of me.”, recalled Soussana in an interview with NYT.
“He hit me and told me — Come on, Amit, take it off! Let’s go!’. When I took off the towel, he pushed me to sit on the edge of the bathtub. I closed my legs and resisted. He continued hitting me while passing the revolver across my forehead.“, he said Soussana. “Then he dragged me back to the nursery.”
“And then, pointing the gun at me, he forced me to perform the sexual act on him.”Soussana narrated.
According to the NYT, after the attack, Muhammad left the room to wash, leaving her naked in the dark.. Soussana remembers that when the man returned he showed signs of remorse and said: “I’m bad, I’m bad, please don’t tell that in Israel”.
Soussanalawyer by profession, was released on November 30, 2023 as part of a hostage exchange Hamas by Palestinian prisoners imprisoned in Israel.
The New York Times maintained that the first-person testimony of Soussana matches what she told two doctors and a social worker less than 24 hours after being discharged.
Soussana She described being detained in at least half a dozen places, including private homes, an office and an underground tunnel. At some point after her captivity, the woman said: a group of captors suspended her in the space between two sofas and beat her.
The NYT looked for Hamas’ defenses. His spokesperson sent a 1,300-word response stating that it was impossible to investigate the testimony of Soussana under “current circumstances” while expressing skepticism about history.
Naim said it was “difficult to believe the story unless it was concocted by some security officials,” and wondered why Soussana He did not immediately report the rape.
“For us, the human body, and especially that of women, is sacred”Naim said in his message. He added that Hamas’ religious beliefs “prohibit the mistreatment of any human being, regardless of gender, ethnicity or religion.”
On March 4th, The UN published a report indicating that individual and group rapes likely occurred, among other acts of sexual violence, during the attack Hamas on October 7th. He added that There was “clear and convincing” evidence that the hostages were raped while they were detained in Linkand that those currently in captivity continue to suffer these abuses.
“In the context of the coordinated attack by Hamas and other armed groups against civilian and military objectives in the vicinity of Linkthe mission team found that there is good reason to believe that Conflict-related sexual violence was committed in several locations during the 7 October attacksincluding rape and gang rape,” the report says.
These events occurred in at least three places: in and around the Nova music festival site on highway 232 and the Reim kibbutz.
“In most of these incidents, The victims were first raped and then murderedand at least two incidents have to do with the rape of female corpses,” according to the report.
Although they asked victims of sexual violence to come forward and testify, no one wanted to do so, which UN.
Hamas rejected the United Nations report about sexual violations.
Around 250 people were kidnapped and taken to Link in the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel.
That same day, Israel declared war on Hamas and began bombing Link. The retaliatory campaign left at least 32,490 people dead in the Palestinian enclave, most of them women and children, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. Link.
“The courageous testimony of Amit Soussana which details their horrific captivity is one of many harrowing accounts of hostages held by Hamas,” said the Hostage families forum is a statement.
“Amit is a heroas well as all the hostages who continue to endure this hell… We must bring these brave men and women home before it is too late,” the statement added.
After knowing the testimony of Soussanathe president of Israel, Isaac Herzogasked on Tuesday May everyone support and listen to the woman’s words.
“Amit Soussana speaks for all those who cannot speak. Speak up for all the victims of Hamas’ despicable crimes and sexual abuse. “Speak up for all women around the world,” she said today. Herzog.
“The entire world has a moral duty to support Amit – and all the victims – to condemn Hamas’ brutal terror and demand the immediate return of all hostages,” Herzog added.
In turn, the spokesman for the Israeli army, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, said that “It is a horrible testimony, it is an alarm signal, a call to the world to act, do everything in your power and pressure Hamas to release our hostages.”
Source: Elcomercio
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