Amit Soussana, 40, was taken hostage on October 7 from Kibbutz Kfar Aza. Security camera footage showed her fighting back against her abductors. She said that around October 24 she was attacked by the man guarding her after washing in the bathroom.
Soussana said the guard, who called himself Muhammad, put a gun to her forehead, beat her and dragged her to a child’s bedroom. “Then he, with the gun pointed at me, forced me to commit a sexual act on him,” Soussana said in the interview.
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The Times said Soussana’s account was consistent with what she told two doctors and a social worker less than 24 hours after she was freed on November 30. during a week-long truce.
“Their reports about her account state the nature of the sexual act; The Times agreed not to disclose the specifics,” the newspaper said.
The team – led by UN special envoy for sexual violence in conflict Pramila Patten – visited Israel between January 29 and February 14 on a mission intended to gather, analyse and verify information on sexual violence linked to the October 7 attacks.
It also found what it described as clear and convincing information that some of the hostages taken to Gaza were subjected to sexual violence.
Hamas has repeatedly rejected accusations of sexual violence during and after the October 7 attack.
