Today Amit Soussana, a 40-year-old Israeli lawyer who was brutally beaten, dragged to Gaza, and sexually abused in captivity, courageously revealed her story of horrific torture during her 55 days held hostage.
The details are extremely painful to read, but must be shared.
"Several days into her captivity, she said, her guard began asking about her sex life. Ms. Soussana said she was held alone in a child’s bedroom, chained by her left ankle. Sometimes, the guard would enter, sit beside her on the bed, lift her shirt and touch her."
"Around Oct. 24, the guard, who called himself Muhammad, attacked her…'He came towards me and shoved the gun at my forehead,' Ms. Soussana recalled during eight hours of interviews with The New York Times…'Then he, with the gun pointed at me, forced me to commit a sexual act on him.'"
Israeli President Isaac Herzog posted, "Amit Soussana speaks for all those who cannot speak. She speaks for all the victims of Hamas' despicable sexual crimes and abuse. She speaks for all women everywhere. The whole world has the moral duty to stand with Amit - and all the victims - in condemning Hamas’s brutal terror, and in demanding the immediate return of all the hostages."
Read the full Times story here, share it on Instagram here, and read a recap in The Times of Israelhere.
VIDEO: Jamaal Bowman told crowd 'no evidence' of raped women
In a newly surfaced video from the weeks after Hamas’ brutal October 7 attack, New York Rep. Jamaal Bowman said to a cheering anti-Israel crowd, "There was propaganda used since the beginning of the siege. There’s still no evidence of beheaded babies or raped women. But they still keep using that lie [for] propaganda."
Bowman is accusing Israel of spreading propaganda — while repeatedly spreading Hamas’ propaganda himself.
When pressed today after the video surfaced, Bowman tried to walk back the remarks but notably failed to apologize for them.
Hostage Uriel Baruch murdered by Hamas, body still held in Gaza
Today the IDF confirmed that 35-year-old Uriel Baruch, who was kidnapped by Hamas from the Nova Music Festival on October 7, was murdered in captivity. His body is still being held by Hamas in Gaza.
Uriel is survived by his wife, two young children, and three siblings.
134 hostages are still held in Gaza, 34 of whom have been confirmed killed by Hamas.
Hamas, Islamic Jihad leaders in Iran
The heads of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad arrived in Tehran today for meetings with Iranian leaders.
Haniyeh met with Iran’s foreign minister and Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and celebrated the U.N. Security Council Resolution approved yesterday that failed to condition a ceasefire on the release of the hostages.
The Hamas leader added, “We are going through a historical stage and a fateful turning point in the context of the historical conflict with the Zionist entity in the Battle of Al-Aqsa Flood (Hamas’s name for the October 7 massacre).”
Iran funnels $100 million annually to Hamas and Islamic Jihad in Gaza.
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