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Agence France-Presse

An Israeli-French hostage freed by Hamas said in an interview broadcast on Friday that she feared rape while being held captive in the family home of her kidnapper in the Gaza Strip.
Mia Shem, a 21-year-old tattoo artist, was among 250 people taken hostage during Hamas’ October 7 attacks on southern Israel.
Shem said that her “biggest fear” in captivity was rape.
“There was a fear of rape, fear of dying,” Shem said in an interview with Israel’s Channel 13.
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Shem said she was held in the home of one of her kidnappers.
“His wife was outside the room with the kids. That was the only reason he didn’t rape me,” Shem charged, adding that his captor did not take his eyes off her.
Shem was abducted from the site of a desert rave party called the Supernova festival and was released under a truce agreement at the end of November.
During her captivity, Shem said she remained locked up “in a dark room” and was “forbidden” from talking.
Wounded by a gunshot during her kidnapping, she said she had “no painkillers”.
More than two months after the bloody Hamas attack on Israel, accounts of sexual violence are on the rise.
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Israeli officials have reiterated allegations that the militants who crossed over from Gaza on October 7 committed violent gang rape and genital mutilation, and engaged in sexual acts with children and corpses.
But the scarcity of survivor testimonies and the lack of forensic evidence make it difficult to assess their scale.
Around 250 hostages were taken to the Gaza by Hamas militants when they attacked southern Israel on October 7.
The attack left around 1,140 people dead, according to an Agence France-Presse tally based on Israeli figures.
Some 129 hostages remain in captivity in Gaza.


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In an interview broadcast on Friday, Mia Shem said she was held in the home of a kidnapper. ‘There was a fear of rape, fear of dying,’ she said
Shem was abducted from the site of a desert rave party on October 7 and was released under a truce agreement at the end of November


Mia Shem, among 250 people taken hostage during Hamas’ October 7 attack, said she was held in the home of one of her kidnappers. ‘There was a fear of rape, fear of dying,’ the 21-year-old tattoo artist said.


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French-Israeli hostage freed by Hamas says she feared rape in captivity

In an interview broadcast on Friday, Mia Shem said she was held in the home of a kidnapper. ‘There was a fear of rape, fear of dying,’ she said Shem was abducted from the site of a desert rave party on October 7 and was released under a truce agreement at the end of November

In an interview broadcast on Friday, Mia Shem said she was held in the home of a kidnapper. ‘There was a fear of rape, fear of dying,’ she said

Shem was abducted from the site of a desert rave party on October 7 and was released under a truce agreement at the end of November