Burned, Tortured, Raped, Starved, Whipped, Branded: Horrifying New Testimonies From Israeli Hostages Who Were Released From Hamas Captivity in Gaza

Hostage testimony and many other damning details are included in a report cataloging the physical, sexual and mental anguish the now-former abductees — some of them children — were subjected to, and the lasting effects it has had on them.

It is set to be submitted this week to Alice Edwards, the UN’s special rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.

Compiled from the testimonies of hostages who were released under a November 2023 deal and those who were rescued by Israeli forces, the report details how they were burned and beaten, starved and humiliated, as well as how the abuse impacted their mental and physical health even long after they were freed.

However, some of the most graphic details included in a Hebrew-language copy of the report issued by the ministry, were absent from the English-language version. It was unclear why there was a discrepancy or which version would end up being filed to the UN. (TOI)

Torture. Physical and psychological torture. Starvation. Sexual abuse. Beatings. Branding.

The @IsraelMOH will submit a report to the UN detailing the abuse endured by survivors of Hamas captivity.

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Just some of the horrific words that jump of the pages of the Ministry of Health’s submission to the UN on the horrific ordeal endured by the hostages at the hands of Hamas terrorist murderers and rapists in Gaza.

These are the testimonies of those who have been released and rescued. But still, for 450 days 100 innocent men, women, and children, babies and the elderly, have been held hostage in Gaza. With the winter upon us, their lives are in imminent danger.

The UN has the facts. It is morally obliged to do everything in its power to bring the hostages home now.

BREAKING: Horrifying new testimonies from Israeli hostages who were released from Hamas captivity in Gaza:

“Hostages experienced severe abuse, torture, neglect, and humiliation. Children and adolescents, including two teenagers, were bound by hands and feet and beaten daily.… pic.twitter.com/is2faRYx1A

— Vivid. (@VividProwess) December 28, 2024

Israel’s Health Ministry is submitting a report to the UN detailing abuse suffered by hostages in Gaza:

According to the report, captors forced 2 minors to perform sexual acts on each other & to disrobe , touched their private parts, and whipped their genitalia.

Israel’s Health Ministry is submitting a report to the UN detailing abuse suffered by hostages in Gaza (graphic):

Acc to report, captors forced 2 minors to perform sexual acts on each other & to disrobe , touched their private parts, and whipped their genitalia. > pic.twitter.com/NuSvtsME3b

— Lazar Berman (@Lazar_Berman) December 29, 2024

“Two young children had burn marks on their lower limbs. One child stated that the burns were the result of deliberate branding with a heated object. Both the child & adults who were with him in captivity described the incident as a purposeful branding event, not an accident.” >

“One of the returned hostages described being sexually assaulted at gunpoint by a Hamas terrorist,” the report says. “On several occasions, captors forced women of all ages to undress while others, including the captors, watched.”

The report says that some hostages were kept for days in darkness, with their hands and feet bound, and received little food or water. They were beaten all over their bodies, and some had hair pulled out. >>

“Some women reported that the captors sexually assaulted them. In addition, some women reported that they were tied to beds while their captors stared at them.” >>

“The captors also tortured those injured by performing painful procedures without anesthesia. Many hostages also suffered from untreated chronic conditions, leading to severe short-term medical deterioration. In one case a hostage died from untreated medical complications.”

Captives, including children, were forced to watch videos of the October 7 atrocities. Many of the terrorists who took part in the attack filmed it, including extreme acts of cruelty.

The men “endured severe physical abuse, including continuous starvation, beatings, …branding, hair-pulling, confinement in closed rooms…, being held in isolation with hands and feet tied, and being denied access to the bathroom, which forced them to defecate on themselves.”

Captivity “was designed to torture the hostages psychologically, break their morale, and make them easier to control. Their time in captivity was marked by intense trauma: family separation, immobilization, arbitrary and frequent transfers, and exposure to further violence.”

Some captives, the document says, “witnessed the killing of other captives, further deepening their sense of helplessness and hopelessness.”

Adult hostages lost an average of eight to 15 kilograms (18 to 33 pounds) — 10-17 percent of their original body weight — while among child captives there was an average loss of 10% in body weight, though in one extreme case, a girl lost as much as 18% of her weight.

The report says that as last year’s ceasefire deal approached, the captors gave the hostages more food and provided them with fresh clothes, apparently in an attempt to present their conditions as better than they were.

The report is set to be submitted this week to Alice Edwards, the UN’s special rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
To protect hostages’ identities, names, ages — as well as their genders, in the cases of minors — were not included.

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Burned, beaten, starved: Health Ministry compiles hostage testimonies to submit to UN

Final report to be presented to UN committee that deals with torture; health minister says it should be a ‘wake-up call’ to pressure Hamas into releasing remaining captives

By Stuart Winer and Diana Bletter, Times of Israel, 26 December 2024:

The Health Ministry has completed a draft report on the abuse that Israeli hostages suffered while held in the Gaza Strip, cataloging the physical and mental suffering they experienced and the lasting effects it has had on them, some of whom are children. Israel plans to submit the report to the United Nations.

Compiled from the testimonies of hostages who were released in a November 2023 deal and those who were later rescued by Israeli forces, it details how they were burned and beaten, starved and humiliated, as well as how the abuse impacted their mental and physical health, even long after they were freed.

Channel 12 and the Ynet news outlet reported details from the brief on Thursday.

It marks the first formal report by the Health Ministry about the hostages’ experiences. Compiled by the health and welfare ministries, the final report is to be presented to the United Nations committee that deals with cases of torture.

Health Minister Uriel Buso said in a statement it is “a significant report that depicts the atrocities that hostages suffered and reveals to the world the cruelty of the enemies we are dealing with.”

The report says that hostages were kept for days in darkness, with their hands and feet bound, and received little food or water. They were beaten all over their bodies, some had hair pulled out, and in some cases were burned and branded with metal heated over an open flame. Others, including children, were subjected to sexual assaults.

Injured hostages said they were not given painkillers and described agonizing pain during medical treatments that, in some cases, included surgical procedures.

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