Amit Soussana, a 40-year-old Israeli lawyer and hostage, said she was sexually assaulted while imprisoned by Hamas. “Pointing a gun at me, he forced me to perform a sexual act,” the woman said, adding that the guard introduced himself only as Mohammed..
Amit stated this in an interview with the publication The newspaper “New York Times who was sexually assaulted, beaten and tortured while held hostage in Gaza for 55 days.
She stated that she was kept alone in the children’s room and shackled by her ankle. She went on to say that a few days after she was captured, Muhammad began asking her about her sex life and menstrual cycle.
TO The newspaper “New York TimesThe woman said that one day the man freed her from the chains, took her to the bathroom and ordered her to take a shower.
While taking a shower, the lawyer remembers hearing a man’s voice near the door. She then turned around and saw him with a gun in his hand, watching her. “He sat me down on the edge of the bathtub. I closed my legs and resisted. He continued to hit me and pointed the gun at my face,” he told the newspaper.
“He then dragged me into the bedroom,” he added. Amit alleged that in the bedroom, Muhammad forced her to perform a sexual act and then left her naked and sitting in the dark.
According to The newspaper “New York TimesAmit reported the alleged assault and other violence to two doctors and a social worker after she was released during a ceasefire in November.
Hamas spokesman Bassem Naim speaking to The newspaper “New York Timessaid it was “hard to believe” the woman’s account of sexual assault and added that for them, “the human body, especially the female body, is sacred.”
For months, the terrorist group denied that its members sexually abused people in captivity or during the Oct. 7 attack.
However, according to Daily mailThe United Nations (UN) report said there was “clear and convincing information” that some hostages were sexually assaulted.