US EditionNewly freed Israeli hostage says he was sexually assaulted in captivity
Rom Braslavski disclosed 738 days of captivity marked by sexual assault, starvation, and forced religious conversion attempts by Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists in Gaza.
- In a Channel 13 interview, Rom Braslavski disclosed he was sexually assaulted during his 738 days in Gaza captivity, after being seized on October 7, 2023.
- Braslavski was abducted last month, with captors repeatedly trying to force him to convert to Islam by promising food and using psychological tactics, family says.
- During captivity he was shackled at all four limbs, given half a piece of dry flatbread a day, force-fed causing blood sugar effects, and once freed himself, setting captors' clothing on fire.
- Following the interview, officials called for global recognition of crimes as Israeli President Isaac Herzog praised Rom Braslavski and urged the world not to turn away.
- Upon his return, Rom Braslavski reported fallen captives' identities to Israeli authorities, and Tami, his mother, says abuse intensified in the final months to 'crush my dignity.
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Romas Braslavski, who was released from Hamas on October 13, said in an interview with Israeli television station Kanal 13 that he had been sexually assaulted by Islamists during his more than two-year captivity.
One of the last living Israeli hostages, who was released in October, is now testifying that he was sexually assaulted by the terrorist group Islamic Jihad, which held him captive for two years. “It was sexual violence with the aim of humiliating me,” Rom Braslavski said in an interview with Israel’s Channel 13.
Rom Braslavski: I was sexually assaulted by Hamas captor
He is the first male hostage to acknowledge undergoing such abuse in Gaza. By Batya Jerenberg, World Israel News Former hostage Rom Braslavski revealed in an interview that will air Thursday evening on the “HaTzinor” show on Channel 13 that he was sexually assaulted by his Hamas captor. He is the first male captive to acknowledge such abuse in public. Parts of the interview were translated into English and sent to CNN and The Daily Mail prior to…
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