BURNED, TORTURED, RAPED, STARVED, WHIPPED BRANDED: Horrifying New Testimonies from Israeli Hostages Who were Released From Hamas Captivity in Gaza
Torture. Physical and psychological torture. Starvation. Sexual abuse. Beatings. Branding.
While in captivity in Gaza last year, two Israeli teenage hostages were forced to perform sexual acts on one another, and their captors sexually abused them, according to new details from a Health Ministry report set to be presented to the United Nations.
Compiled from the testimonies of hostages who were released under a November 2023 deal and those who were rescued by Israeli forces, the report details how they were burned and beaten, starved and humiliated, as well as how the abuse impacted their mental and physical health even long after they were freed.
