A freed Israeli hostage described being sexually assaulted at gunpoint by one of the Palestinian militants holding her captive in Gaza, in a personal account first published in a newspaper interview on Tuesday. The newspaper “New York Times.

40-year-old Amit Susana was taken hostage October 7 at Kibbutz Kfar Aza.. Security camera footage shows her fighting her captors. She reported that around October 24, she was attacked by a man who was guarding her after washing in the bathroom.

Sussana explained that the guard, who identified himself as Mohammed, put a gun to her forehead, hit her and dragged her into the children’s room. “Then, pointing a gun at me, he forced me to perform a sexual act with him,” Susana said in an interview.

The Times says Susanna’s story matches what he told two doctors and a social worker less than 24 hours earlier. after release on November 30, during a week-long truce.

“His accounts of his history indicate the nature of the sexual intercourse; The Times agreed not to disclose details,” the newspaper reported.

At least three freed hostages spoke publicly, one of them in an interview with Reuters, about this.Cases of sexual violence against inmates.

On March 5, a UN panel of experts reported that there were “reasonable grounds to believe” that acts of sexual violence, including rape and gang rapein several places during the attack on Israel by Hamas militants.

A team led by UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict Pramila Patten visited Israel from January 29 to February 14 on a mission to collect, analyze and verify information on sexual violence related to the October 7 attacks.