WARNING: This article contains details of sexual assault and physical violence and may affect those who have experienced sexual violence or know someone affected by it.
A released Israeli hostage recounted being sexually assaulted at gunpoint by one of the Palestinian militants who held her captive in Gaza, in the first such personal account published Tuesday in an interview with the New York Times.
Amit Soussana, 40, was taken hostage on Oct. 7 from Kibbutz Kfar Aza. Security camera footage showed her fighting back against her abductors. She said that around Oct. 24 she was attacked by the man guarding her after washing in the