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Doctor who treated freed Hamas hostages describes physical, sexual and psychological abuse (www.cbsnews.com)

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[-] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 94 points 9 months ago

My first reaction reading the headline was "Jeez, the new season really seems to go to dark places"

[-] bratosch@lemm.ee 7 points 9 months ago

Me too lmao

[-] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 15 points 9 months ago

Is it me or is it a strange article? There are tons of "he believes", "there are stories", "they heard". I assume they took pictures of the abuse, is there a reason not to publish them ?

[-] chitak166@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

No, that's how all the sexual abuse allegations are treated. They're just allegations and we have no evidence to back them up besides testimony.

I believe they happened just because military men are shit and would gladly rape most women given the opportunity. That said, Israelis have a habit of lying about conflicts in the middle-east so I never take their word at face value.

Real big, "boy who cried wolf" vibes.

[-] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 4 points 9 months ago

The privacy of the victims? It would be illegal in the US without their written consent.

[-] JimboDHimbo@lemmy.ca 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

It's a little weird that a video is linked instead of an article.

Edit: actually, this post breaks the rules of the community. Articles only, no videos.

Edit two: the app I'm using is only pulling up the video when I click the link, when I access the Lemmy post in Firefox it's a normal article. Never seen that happen before, I apologize.

[-] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 11 points 9 months ago

There is an article with the video for me, not sure if that also breaks the rules but I read the article instead of watching the video.

[-] ABCDE@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

It's an article, you don't need to watch the video.

[-] kromem@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

This was right there in the article without watching the video:

There were also stories of hostages being branded (a common practice inflicted on Jews and other prisoners of Nazi concentration camps during the Holocaust), and of being sexually abused. "Yes, we did see signs of branding," Pessach said. "We definitely saw signs of being handcuffed. We did hear and see evidence of sexual abuse in a significant part of the people we have treated. We also heard evidence – and that was one of the hardest parts – of abuse against those that [are still there], both physical and sexual."

I'm not sure why it is seeming to only be a video for you.

[-] autotldr@lemmings.world 9 points 9 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

About 100 Israeli hostages, kidnapped during the deadly Hamas raid on Israel, have been released after more than 50 days in captivity.

Dr. Itai Pessach (director of the Edmond and Lily Safra Children's Hospital at Sheba Medical Center outside Tel Aviv), whose team interviewed and examined many of them, told "CBS News Sunday Morning" the freed hostages were brought to the medical center whether they wanted to come or not.

"We thought they would need a buffer from that time in captivity, underground, in the dark, with very little food, with a lot of psychological stress," he said.

Except for a brief cease-fire, there's been an almost-constant Israeli bombardment of Gaza, much of which has been pummeled into wreckage, with half of the population facing severe hunger.

There were also stories of hostages being branded (a common practice inflicted on Jews and other prisoners of Nazi concentration camps during the Holocaust), and of being sexually abused.

Don't miss Lesley Stahl's interview with freed hostages on "60 Minutes" Sunday, Dec. 17, on CBS and Paramount+.

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[-] pan_troglodytes@programming.dev 7 points 9 months ago

unsurprising really.

[-] BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago

It's unsurprising, but still, what the fuck is up with all the rape? Maybe i don't get it because i'm not a rapist, but i always assume the last thing i would think about in an active war is raping people.

[-] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world -5 points 9 months ago

Wonder if he treated these hostages?

[-] TheFonz@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago

Man, the hamas apologia is insane here. How about we condemn both sides for being shitheads?

[-] chitak166@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

That's what we're doing.

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