Young female Hamas hostage forced to perform sex act — then smile, UN hears

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A young, female Hamas hostage was forced to perform a sex act on a terrorist — and then smile after the sickening abuse, according to harrowing testimony given to a United Nations committee.

Israeli hostage Aviva Siegel recounted the horror she saw while testifying Wednesday to the UN Committee against Torture in Geneva.

“I’m a witness of one of the girls that was with us, that the Hamas terrorist took her into the bathroom, told her to get undressed, came into the shower with her and forced her to do oral sex on him,” Siegel said, laying bare the gruesome extent of Hamas’ sexual violence.

Aviva Siegel recounted the sexual assaults she witnessed Hamas commit during the 51 days she was held hostage in Gaza. United Nations
Hamas kidnapped dozens of young women during the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack.

“And she had to smile after that happened, too,” she added.

Siegel, who was held by Hamas for 51 days, said the terrorists would repeatedly grab the girls and force them into the bathroom, with the victims coming back shaking.

The former hostage also recounted how she saw this happen to a 16-year-old girl who was held captive.

“She’s never, ever shown anybody her body. The Hamas terrorist just stood there and stared at her and smiled,” Siegel recalled.

Israeli-American Keith Siegel, second from the left, told the UN about the regular torture he endured for more than a year under Hamas. United Nations
Hamas and fellow Palestinian militant groups attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing more than 1,200 people and kidnapping 251 others. AP

“I remember looking at her while she came out of there. She was shocked, I was shocked,” she added.

During the harrowing episodes, Siegel — the wife of Israeli-American Keith Siegel, who was also held hostage — said she was never allowed to comfort the victims.

Still, she said she had to hug one of the victims after she returned from the bathroom with one of the terrorists.

“She told us that the Hamas terrorist touched her whole body and did whatever he wanted… She was so scared because he said to her if she ever says anything about that he will kill her, but she told us,” Siegel told the UN committee.

Keith Siegel, who was held by Hamas for 484 days, recounted his own grueling torture under Hamas, where he and others were routinely beaten, threatened with knives, and denied food and water.

“Every basic human right was stripped from me,” he said. “I was starved, denied water. More than once, terrorists forced me to strip naked in front of them and shaved my body.”

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