Documented Atrocities by Islamist Arab "Palestine" Hamas Regime Against Israeli Hostages

The following details the inhumane treatment of Israeli hostages by the Arab-supremacist Islamic-Jihadi "Palesrtine" terror regime Hamas in Gaza, starting from the brutal October 7, 2023, attack. These accounts, supported by credible reports, expose the sadistic and cruel actions of Hamas, highlighting the urgent need to address their violations of human rights and international law.

Reported Abuses and Atrocities

Murder and Mutilation of Bibas Children: Hamas captors murdered toddler Ariel and baby Kfir Bibas "in cold blood" with "their bare hands" and mutilated their bodies to conceal the crime. Their mother was also killed. Yarden Bibas urged the IDF to inform the "entire world" of this brutality.

TOI, 2.21.25; i24News, 2.21.25

Systematic Starvation of Male Hostages: By order of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, male hostages were systematically starved, with some given only a stale pita to share among themselves, alongside rotten vegetables or donkey food.

"Yarden says, he was given stale pita bread a day that he had to share with other hostages, rotten vegetables, and food for donkeys."

Ynet, 2.9.25; Kan, 1.3.25

Sexual Abuse of Children: Teens were forced to commit sexual acts on each other, subjected to horrific abuse during captivity.

Ynet, 12.29.24

Torture of Minors: Children were tortured and beaten with wires by their Gaza captors.

VOA, 8.18.24

Physical Abuse of Females: Female hostages were spat on by captors' families, including children, and some were beaten.

"No innocent civilians": Why Gazans have earned their transfer.

ILH, 2.20.25

Rape and Molestation: Girls were raped and molested by captors, with some forced to smile and prohibited from crying after assaults.

"I was alone, chained by the ankles with a metal shackle, unable to move, and forced to beg to use the bathroom... I was sexually assaulted by the Hamas terrorist who guarded me. He forced me into the shower, following closely with his gun aimed at me. His heavy breathing and predatory stare were terrifying... I was powerless to stop it. I had no one to comfort me and had to 'behave' for the man who had just violated me in the most horrifying way."

Daily Mail, 10.24.24; NYT, 3.26.24; Daily Mail, 12.17.24

Forced Religious Conversion: Hostages, including Andrey, were coerced to convert to Islam, forced to read the Quran daily, and taunted with threats of permanent captivity. Girls were forced to recite Islamic phrases.

"Handcuffed and bound for months on end in darkness, Andrey has revealed how his Hamas captors cruelly tried to convert him to Islam by forcing him to read the Quran every day. He recalled how his taunting guards told him he would never leave Gaza and forced him to draw a picture of his mother whose face he struggled to recollect after eight months of captivity."

The Sun, 7.13.24; Ynet, 8.6.24

Denial of Hygiene: Female hostages were prevented from changing clothes, and captives were given only half a bucket of cold water monthly for showers.

AJC, 1.19.25

Psychological Torture: Captors tormented hostages, such as Yarden Bibas, with incessant talk about their murdered family members.

"Hamas captors said to have tormented Yarden Bibas with incessant talk of wife, kids."

TOI, 2.2.25

Extreme Physical Torture: Hostages were choked, hung upside down, burned, and gagged to the point of suffocation.

"The trio were hung upside down from the ceiling, burned with a heated object, and gagged with cloth to the point of suffocation."

The JC, 2.10.25

Elderly Abuse: An elderly hostage, Keith Siegel, reported being kicked, spat on, and deprived of water and light.

"Terrorists kicked me, spat on me and held me with no water, no light."

Wral, 2.14.25

Medical Torture: A bullet was removed from a young male’s leg without anesthesia, and a girl’s wound was "operated" on primitively while captors laughed at her pain.

"Freed hostage Itay Regev: Gazan doctor pulled bullet from my leg without anesthesia."

TOI, 3.14.25

Mocking Family Loss: Yarden Bibas was taunted about his murdered children, with captors saying, "Ah, doesn’t matter. You’ll get a new wife. Get new kids."

TOI, 2.2.25

Witnessing Torture: Keith Siegel witnessed a young woman tortured and sexually assaulted, forced to watch as captors ate while starving him.

"I witnessed a young woman who was being tortured by the terrorist. I mean literal, you know, torture, not just in a figurative sense. They made you watch it. Yeah, I saw sexual assault with female hostages."

JNS, 3.31.25; NYT, 4.16.25; JewishInsider, 2.10.25

Deprivation and Humiliation: Hostages were given minimal water, had their heads and private parts shaved for captors’ amusement, and were forced to watch humiliating propaganda ceremonies.

"Hamas forced two captive men to watch the humiliating hostage exchange propaganda ceremony from inside a vehicle."

JNS, 3.31.25

Drinking Toilet Water: Hostages were tortured daily and forced to drink toilet water.

Ynet, 4.4.25

Starvation Tactics: Hamas provided minimal food, such as seawater, bread, and rice, while captors feasted on humanitarian aid. Hostages lost significant body weight due to malnutrition.

"Despite nearly starving the hostages, Hamas used special techniques to make them look healthier and more energetic."

JPost, 1.26.25; JPost, 2.2.25; JPost, 2.9.25

Confinement in Tunnels: Hostages like Ohad Ben-Ami were held 30 meters underground in concrete and sand with minimal air, receiving 700 calories daily at best.

"We received food twice a day that amounted to 700 calories at best."

JPost, 3.31.25

Emaciated Hostages: Hersh Goldberg-Polin and others were held in airless tunnels, with Hersh weighing only 53 kg upon recovery.

"Hersh, who was 1.85 meters tall, weighed 53 kilograms. Delightful Eden was 1.60 meters tall. She weighed just 35 kilograms."

INN, 5.1.25

Sexual Harassment of Teens: Dafna Elyakim, 16, was harassed by a captor who proposed marriage and insisted on escorting her to the shower.

"One of the terrorists kept touching me. He said everyone else would be freed, and I would stay with him so he could marry me."

Ynet, 5.6.25

Isolation and Torture: Omer Wenkert endured 179 days alone, beaten on his birthday, and subjected to psychological abuse.

"Intentional Starvation, Metal Rods, No Time": Freed Hostage Omer Wenkert Reveals Gaza Hell.

Jfeed, 5.25.25

Testimony of Tal Shoham: Held in a cramped tunnel for 505 days, tortured for captors’ pleasure, and threatened with death if rescued.

"They tortured us for pleasure."

Time, 5.9.25; Mako N12, 5.10.25

Edan Alexander’s Ordeal: Known as "the American," he was held in a cage, shackled, and starved until shortly before release.

"Tortured by Hamas, known as ‘the American’."

Ynet, 5.12.25

Extreme Weight Loss: A medical report confirmed hostages lost up to 50% of their body weight due to systematic starvation.

"Health report finds two Israeli hostages in Gaza have lost up to 50% of their body weight due to systematic starvation by terror groups."

JFeed, 8.4.25

Evyatar David’s Suffering: Starved to a skeletal state, forced to dig his own grave, and used in propaganda videos.

"Starved of Humanity. Hamas ghouls force Jewish hostage in Gaza to dig his own grave."

NY Post, 8.3.25; Ynet, 8.2.25; INN, 8.6.25

Captors’ Feasting: While hostages starved, Hamas captors consumed humanitarian aid in front of them.

JFeed, 8.20.25

Ilana Gritzewsky’s Testimony: Beaten, humiliated, and sexually abused, she lost 24 lbs in 55 days while captors ate well.

"They grabbed me by the hair, hit me in the stomach, causing me to lose my breath. They dragged me across the floor, lifted me, and threw me against the wall."

JPost, 8.27.25

Or Levy’s Plight: Treated "like a dog," fed minimally, and shackled for months, losing 44 lbs.

"Held like a dog."

INN, 9.3.25; TOI, 9.2.25

Released Hostages (October 13, 2025):

Ariel Cunio: Held alone in tunnels for two years, unaware of his family’s survival, enduring profound psychological isolation.
David Cunio: Held in tunnels, isolated from media, learned of his brother’s survival only briefly via propaganda video.
Gali Berman: Separated from twin brother Ziv, subjected to Hebrew-speaking captors and prolonged underground confinement.
Ziv Berman: Similar conditions to Gali, with no media access and severe isolation.
Elkana Bohbot: Chained in tunnels, denied showers, and disoriented by lack of time and space.
Matan Angrest: Tortured as an IDF soldier, beaten to unconsciousness, and buried in rubble during airstrikes.
Avinatan Or: Held alone, starved, and attempted a failed escape, arriving exhausted and underweight.
Evyatar David: Starved to emaciation, chained, and deprived of sanitation, used in propaganda.
Alon Ohel: Chained in tunnels, used as a human shield during IDF operations, enduring malnutrition.
Omri Miran: Moved between 23 locations, starved, and chained without shoes for 738 days.
Yosef Chaim Ohana: Tortured in a tiny underground pit, risking suffocation, and hid military background.
Rom Braslavski: Held alone, starved, and pressured to convert to Islam, enduring two years of isolation.
Bar Kupershtein: Endured beatings, starvation, and confinement, developing health issues from harsh conditions.

NYP, 10.14.25; JPost, 10.14.25; INN, 10.14.25; YNet, 10.15.25; JPost, 10.15.25

Eitan Mor’s Ordeal: Beaten, starved, and moved across 40 locations, held alone for the first year.

"Was beaten, starved, and hidden in 40 locations across Gaza, had stretches with almost no food."

YWN, 10.19.25

Conclusion

These documented accounts reveal the barbaric and inhumane treatment of Israeli hostages by Hamas, a recognized terrorist organization. The systematic starvation, torture, sexual abuse, and psychological torment underscore the urgency of international action to secure the release of remaining hostages and hold Hamas accountable for its war crimes. Israel’s resilience in the face of such atrocities highlights the need for global support to combat terrorism and protect human dignity.

The fact that they attacked and murdered innocent people in their homes and on the roads in Israel on October 7, 2023 proves they committed atrocities. Just add the atrocities they committed on the hostages, and those hostages they murdered to the list.

3 posted on 10/19/2025 3:37:40 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)

Hamas was proud of the rapes committed against the hostages and some videos showed up on the public internet.

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4341838/posts#21

Also see post 22 for links to the videos, if you have the stomach for that level of rot. Some of the videos show rapes of mature women, not just teens.

85-90 of the 251 known Israeli hostages were murdered by Hamas.

364 un-armed civilians were murdered (and dozens gravely wounded) by Hamas at the Music Festival three miles from Gaza.

28 children were slaughtered by Hamas, most of them with, or witnessed by their parents.

Another 350 adult civilians, most of them in rural areas, many of them foreign nationals, were slaughtered by Hamas.

5 posted on 10/19/2025 3:52:01 PM PDT by zeestephen (Trump Landslide? Kamala lost the election by 230,000 votes, in WI, MI, and PA.)

Israelis sure are tolerant. If it was populated by Texans (real) Gaza would look like Mars now.

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