Former Hamas hostage details horrors of captivity, credits kidnapped IDF soldier with saving her life

Former Hamas hostage Amit Soussana is sharing much details astir her clip successful captivity, and she says determination was different hostage who was instrumental successful her survival. Liri Albag, 1 of the IDF soldiers who was kidnapped connected Oct. 7, "saved" Soussana.

Speaking connected Israeli TV, Soussana recalled her captors tying her up and beating her, demanding that she admit to being successful the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Soussana says her hands and feet were bound, and she was beaten with a instrumentality earlier 1 of the captors pointed a weapon astatine her and said, "You person 40 minutes to archer america the truth, oregon other I termination you."

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Fellow hostage Albag was seemingly capable to person their captors that Soussana was not successful information successful the military. Soussana who calls Albag "something special, a force," believes this enactment saved her life.

"I told her erstwhile she came back: ‘I don’t cognize if they would person killed maine oregon not; arsenic acold arsenic I’m concerned, you saved my life," Soussana said successful the interview.

Hamas terrorists kidnapped Soussana from her location successful Kibbutz Kfar Aza during the brutal Oct. 7 attacks. She was forced to locomotion barefoot successful pajamas from her burning location to the Gaza border, being beaten on the way. Soussana fought her kidnappers successful what was called "the conflict of my life," trying to stall them successful hopes that the IDF would rescue her earlier she was dragged into Gaza.

Soussana was released from Gaza successful November 2023 aft 55 days successful captivity arsenic portion of Israel’s archetypal hostage woody with Hamas.

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In March 2024, Soussana became the archetypal Israeli pistillate to talk publically astir being sexually assaulted portion successful Hamas captivity. She recalled the horrifying incidental successful an interrogation with The New York Times. Soussana aboriginal testified earlier the UN Security Council successful October 2024 astir her experience.

During her captivity, Soussana was chained by her ankle, incapable to move. "I had to inquire for support to usage the bathroom," she explained, detailing her experience. "In that house, I was sexually assaulted by the Hamas violent who had guarded me."

She described the assault, saying, "He forced maine to spell to the ablution and entered the room, pointed his weapon astatine me. He was breathing heavy and had a monstrous beast-like face." She recalled his intrusive questioning portion helium sat adjacent to her successful his underwear, lifting her garment and touching her. "I knew precisely what helium was readying to do, and yet I couldn't bash thing to forestall it. I was utterly helpless."

Soussana said that aft the battle she was not "allowed to outcry oregon to beryllium sad." She recalled feeling isolated and being "forced to enactment bully to the idiosyncratic who had conscionable sexually assaulted me."

Israel and Hamas person been engaged successful a deadly warfare for implicit 15 months pursuing the panic group’s devastating astonishment attacks connected Oct. 7, 2023. Hamas is expected to merchandise Agam Berger, Arbel Yehoud and 80-year-old Gadi Moses connected Jan. 30 arsenic portion of the existent ceasefire woody with Israel.