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Ms. Soussana, 40, is the first Israeli to speak publicly about being sexually assaulted during captivity after the Hamas-led raid on southern Israel. In her interviews with The Times, conducted mostly in English, she provided extensive details of sexual and other violence she suffered during a 55-day ordeal.

Ms. Soussana’s personal account of her experience in captivity is consistent with what she told two doctors and a social worker less than 24 hours after she was freed on Nov. 30. Their reports about her account state the nature of the sexual act; The Times agreed not to disclose the specifics.

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For months, Hamas and its supporters have denied that its members sexually abused people in captivity or during the Oct. 7 terrorist attack. This month, a United Nations report said that there was “clear and convincing information” that some hostages had suffered sexual violence and there were “reasonable grounds” to believe sexual violence occurred during the raid, while acknowledging the “challenges and limitations” of examining the issue.

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[–] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Hamas is not the same thing as Palestinians. The majority of Palestinians want peace and aren't kidnapping and torturing Israelis.

I completely agree that the Palestinians are being appallingly treated and experiencing apartheid. But they haven't turned to violence. Hamas would like to claim they're freedom fighters, but they stockpile supplies for themselves and steal charity meant for the people. They aren't the good guys here. The good guys are the ones being bombed and massacred.

[–] nammi@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Hamas was elected to government in Gaza in one of the few elections the occupier has allowed, and there are plenty of parts of Hamas which is not military, the Palestinians want freedom and peace, and resistance against the occupation is also fighting, or politics, be it PLO or Hamas.