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Freed Hostage Recounts Witnessing Hamas Sexual Abuse and Torture
(Ha'aretz) Yael Freidson - Released hostage Aviva Siegel told the UN Committee against Torture in Geneva, Switzerland, on Wednesday that her captors sexually abused several girls she was held with in Gaza. "One of the days, one of the girls went to the bathroom, and when she came back, she was shaking," Aviva said. "I knew I wasn't allowed to hug her, because we weren't allowed to, but I got up and I gave her a hug. After a while, she told us that the Hamas terrorist touched her whole body and did whatever he wanted." The girl was "so scared, because he said to her, if she ever says anything about that, he will kill her. But she told us." Another hostage was forced to shower in front of her captors. One of the captors "came into the shower with her and forced her to do oral sex on him."