Israeli hostage recalls horrific sexual assault by Hamas captor, becoming first to speak about the abuse: ‘Shoved the gun at my forehead’
An Israeli lawyer taken hostage by Hamas was routinely beaten and sexually assaulted by her captors during her 55 days in captivity, a bombshell report revealed. Amit Soussana, 40, is the first Israeli hostage to publicly speak about the abuse she suffered, which started just days after she was taken prisoner in Hamas’ deadly Oct. 7 attack and invasion of Israel. Her captor had unchained her from the bed for what she thought was to allow her to take a bath when things took a violent turn, she recalled.
Soussana was finally released on Nov. 30, along with 105 other hostages, during a cease-fire. She reported the sexual assaults within days of her return, and has remained consistent in her accounts of the abuse she suffered, officials said.
New York Times staffers are claiming they are being subjected to a “witch hunt” by senior editors who are investigating the source of leaks about a podcast episode that was pulled because of newsroom arguments over a report about alleged mass rapes by Hamas. Charlotte Behrendt, the Times’ director of policy and internal investigations, is overseeing an effort by management to suss out details about how deliberations involving its “Daily” podcast leaked out, according to Vanity Fair. The Times is keen on learning the source of leaks that underpinned a story by the left-leaning news site the Intercept, which reported in late January that an episode of the podcast was spiked due to disagreements over a story that alleged Hamas gunmen systematically raped Israelis during their murderous Oct. 7 rampage.
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