Forty-year-old Amit Soussana, an Israeli lawyer who lived alone on the kibbutz Kfar Aza spoke to The New York Times in her first public, in-depth interview about the sexual violence and horrific torture she endured after being abducted by Hamas terrorists into Gaza on Oct. 7.
The NYT report included interviews with Israeli doctors who treated former hostages as soon as they were released from captivity, as well as the medical records, videos, text messages, and photographs.
The terrorists grabbed Soussana from the closet, she said. She witnessed around 10 men – armed with assault rifles, a grenade launcher, and a machete – rifling through her belongings. The video shows the Israeli woman being beaten and wrapped in a white fabric. Unable to restrain her, the terrorists made a failed attempt to carry her by bicycle, Soussana said. Finally, they bound her hands and feet and dragged her across the farmland into Gaza.
While she was held in the bedroom, the guard would sit beside her on the bed, lift her shirt and touch her and repeatedly ask about her menstrual period and when the cycle would end. The NYT reported extensive details of Soussana's abduction given in the interview, including sexual and other violent acts the terrorists committed. The report added that the personal account of Soussana was consistent with the information she provided to two doctors and a social worker less than 24 hours after she was freed on Nov. 30.
In December, Israel's Permanent Mission to the U.N. held a powerful session at the U.N. headquarters in New York, exposing the horrors of sexual violence committed by Hamas terrorists against Israeli women. "There are numerous accounts of sexual violence during the abhorrent acts of terror by Hamas on 7 October that must be vigorously investigated and prosecuted. Gender-based violence must be condemned. Anytime. Anywhere," wrote Guterres.
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