She attempted to take her life three times. She was held in isolation, starved and subjected to prolonged physical and psychological abuse.
Arbel Yehoud, an Israeli woman held hostage in Gaza for 482 days after being abducted on Oct. 7, 2023, revealed that she was sexually assaulted “almost every day in captivity” and attempted to take her own life three times during her ordeal.
Speaking in an interview with Israeli Channel 12‘s Ulpan Shishi (“Friday Studio”) news program, Yehoud, 30, described prolonged physical, psychological and sexual abuse at the hands of her captors in Gaza. She said she was held alone in extended isolation, starved and subjected to repeated mistreatment. During her captivity, she added, two of her ribs were broken.
“I tried to take my life several times. I felt that I couldn’t go on,” Yehoud said. The abuse, she stressed, was not a one-time incident but an almost daily reality throughout her 482 days in captivity.
