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Health Ministry report exposes horrific experiences hostages endured in captivity
Shir Perets
December 29, 2024

The medical and psychological conditions of hostages who returned from Hamas captivity in Gaza were revealed in a Saturday Health Ministry report, which will be submitted to the United Nations this week. The report described aspects of abuse inflicted on the hostages and the consequences on their physical and mental health based on conversations with personnel who treated the hostages upon their return to Israel…According to the report, women, men, and children who returned from captivity were subjected to physical and sexual abuse, such as beatings, isolation, deprivation of food and water, branding, hair-pulling, and sexual assault. READ MORE

TIMES OF ISRAEL Teens forced to perform sexual acts on each other: Report to UN details Hamas torture Government document compiles grim details of abuse of hostages, including whipping, branding with heated iron, isolation, binding, starving, maltreatment and psychological torment