Torture Archives – J-Wire https://www.jwire.com.au/tag/torture/ Australia, NZ and worldwide Jewish news that matters Sun, 03 Aug 2025 06:56:14 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 6446428 Digging his own grave: A tweet from President Herzog https://www.jwire.com.au/digging-his-own-grave-a-tweet-from-president-herzog/ https://www.jwire.com.au/digging-his-own-grave-a-tweet-from-president-herzog/#comments Sun, 03 Aug 2025 01:12:05 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=171642 Israel’s President Isaac Herzog’s reaction after Hamas released a video of two Israeli hostages held captive by Hamas.He posted on X: The faces of hostages, Evyatar David and Rom Braslavski, say it all. Forced to dig their own graves. Tormented with execution. Starved, tortured, wasting away in Hamas’ terror tunnels. But Hamas doesn’t just starve […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/digging-his-own-grave-a-tweet-from-president-herzog/feed/ 1 171642 Israeli hostages branded, sexually assaulted and starved https://www.jwire.com.au/israeli-hostages-branded-sexually-assaulted-and-starved/ https://www.jwire.com.au/israeli-hostages-branded-sexually-assaulted-and-starved/#respond Sun, 29 Dec 2024 23:39:06 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=165030 Israel’s Health Ministry finalized a report detailing severe physical and psychological abuse suffered by hostages in Gaza, including children, who were released during a November 2023 temporary ceasefire. The report — the first comprehensive account of hostages’ experiences — will be submitted to the United Nations. “Torture. Physical and psychological torture. Starvation. Sexual abuse. Beatings. […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/israeli-hostages-branded-sexually-assaulted-and-starved/feed/ 0 165030 Freed South African-Israeli gives searing testimony of Gaza captivity https://www.jwire.com.au/freed-south-african-israeli-gives-searing-testimony-of-gaza-captivity/ https://www.jwire.com.au/freed-south-african-israeli-gives-searing-testimony-of-gaza-captivity/#respond Wed, 10 Jan 2024 03:22:43 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=154788 A South African-Israeli woman freed from Hamas captivity in Gaza after 51 days delivered searing testimony about her experiences there to a Knesset panel on Tuesday. Aviva Siegel, 64, and her husband, Keith, 62, a dual U.S.-Israeli citizen, were abducted from Kibbutz Kfar Aza during the Oct. 7 invasion. She was released on Nov. 26 […]

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