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'Dolls on a string'...the horrors of Hamas hostage camps

A protestor flashes a message in Hebrew reading in English "there is no time", during a rally organised by family and supporters of Israeli hostages on January 22, 2024. PHOTO | AHMAD GHARABLI | AFP

What you need to know:

  • "I was there 51 days and there wasn't a moment that we didn't go through abuse of any kind," Aviva Siegel, who was taken hostage on October 7, said on Tuesday.
  • Chen Goldstein-Almog, another freed hostage, said she had seen fellow female hostages miss periods during their captivity.

Two freed Israeli women hostages have given testimony to a group of lawmakers on the abuse they experienced while being held captive by Hamas militants in Gaza.

"I was there 51 days and there wasn't a moment that we didn't go through abuse of any kind," Aviva Siegel, who was taken hostage on October 7, said on Tuesday.