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RandySF

(58,896 posts)
Thu Mar 28, 2024, 08:37 AM Mar 28

Israeli Hostage Says She Was Sexually Assaulted and Tortured in Gaza

Amit Soussana, an Israeli lawyer, was abducted from her home on Oct. 7, beaten and dragged into Gaza by at least 10 men, some armed. 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, she said.

He also repeatedly asked when her period was due. When her period ended, around Oct. 18, she tried to put him off by pretending that she was bleeding for nearly a week, she recalled.

Around Oct. 24, the guard, who called himself Muhammad, attacked her, she said.

Early that morning, she said, Muhammad unlocked her chain and left her in the bathroom. After she undressed and began washing herself in the bathtub, Muhammad returned and stood in the doorway, holding a pistol.




https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/26/world/middleeast/hamas-hostage-sexual-assault.html?twclid=2-44njikk6z6jd8cha6u7k3eo9u

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Israeli Hostage Says She Was Sexually Assaulted and Tortured in Gaza (Original Post) RandySF Mar 28 OP
Remarkable silence by the usual folk... PCIntern Mar 28 #1
🙈🙉🙊 Floyd R. Turbo Mar 28 #2
I noticed. RandySF Mar 28 #5
Not remarkable. DFW Mar 28 #6
True. Behind the Aegis Mar 28 #15
The spokeswoman for the rape crisis center in Tel Aviv appeared on i24 yesterday madaboutharry Mar 28 #3
Silly rabbit... Fix The Stupid Mar 28 #4
What usual suspects? No one on this site is pro rape obamanut2012 Mar 28 #7
There are some who Mountainguy Mar 28 #9
I guess they are merely rape neutral when Jews are the victims TheKentuckian Mar 28 #10
They excuse it by saying, "Of course this is what reasonable people do when persecuted." Coventina Mar 28 #11
No, they only compare Hamas to Nelson Mandela NickB79 Mar 28 #13
I notice a thread about IDF soldiers sarisataka Mar 28 #8
But, but Israel!!11 mcar Mar 28 #12
Me Too unless... Behind the Aegis Mar 28 #14

madaboutharry

(40,212 posts)
3. The spokeswoman for the rape crisis center in Tel Aviv appeared on i24 yesterday
Thu Mar 28, 2024, 09:05 AM
Mar 28

and stated that other released hostages were also sexually abused, but that Amit Soussana is the first to publicly come forward to talk about her abuse in captivity. Others, both men and women, were sexually abused at the Nova festival and on the Kibbutzim.

Sickeningly, there are some who will deny that this ever happened and at the same time will carry banners that state that rape is resistance.

Fix The Stupid

(948 posts)
4. Silly rabbit...
Thu Mar 28, 2024, 09:09 AM
Mar 28

"This is straight up propaganda"

"Well, they're an 'oppressed' people, so this is validated'

"How would you like to be 'opressed' for generations - see how you would act!"...

Did I cover all the excuses yet?

Where are the usual suspects?

 

Mountainguy

(537 posts)
9. There are some who
Thu Mar 28, 2024, 10:32 AM
Mar 28

Are very loud about any perceived Israeli wrong, regardless of validity, but are notocibly silent about Hamas use of rape as a weapon.

Coventina

(27,121 posts)
11. They excuse it by saying, "Of course this is what reasonable people do when persecuted."
Thu Mar 28, 2024, 12:06 PM
Mar 28

"That doesn't make me pro-rape."

sarisataka

(18,663 posts)
8. I notice a thread about IDF soldiers
Thu Mar 28, 2024, 10:16 AM
Mar 28

being stupid and playing with women's underwear. Their actions generate more offence and outrage then the testimony of a person who was sexually assaulted.

At times silence tells volumes

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