A younger, feminine Hamas hostage was compelled to carry out a intercourse act on a terrorist — after which smile after the sickening abuse, based on harrowing testimony given to a United Nations committee.
Israeli hostage Aviva Siegel recounted the horror she noticed whereas testifying Wednesday to the UN Committee towards Torture in Geneva.
“I’m a witness of one of many women that was with us, that the Hamas terrorist took her into the lavatory, advised her to get undressed, got here into the bathe together with her and compelled her to do oral intercourse on him,” Siegel stated, laying naked the grotesque extent of Hamas’ sexual violence.
“And he or she needed to smile after that occurred, too,” she added.
Siegel, who was held by Hamas for 51 days, stated the terrorists would repeatedly seize the ladies and drive them into the lavatory, with the victims coming again shaking.
The previous hostage additionally recounted how she noticed this occur to a 16-year-old woman who was held captive.
“She’s by no means, ever proven anyone her physique. The Hamas terrorist simply stood there and stared at her and smiled,” Siegel recalled.
“I keep in mind her whereas she got here out of there. She was shocked, I used to be shocked,” she added.
Through the harrowing episodes, Siegel — the spouse of Israeli-American Keith Siegel, who was additionally held hostage — stated she was by no means allowed to consolation the victims.
Nonetheless, she stated she needed to hug one of many victims after she returned from the lavatory with one of many terrorists.
“She advised us that the Hamas terrorist touched her entire physique and did no matter he wished… She was so scared as a result of he stated to her if she ever says something about that he’ll kill her, however she advised us,” Siegel advised the UN committee.
Keith Siegel, who was held by Hamas for 484 days, recounted his personal grueling torture underneath Hamas, the place he and others had been routinely crushed, threatened with knives, and denied meals and water.
“Each fundamental human proper was stripped from me,” he stated. “I used to be starved, denied water. Greater than as soon as, terrorists compelled me to strip bare in entrance of them and shaved my physique.”
