{"id":2207422,"date":"2024-03-27T13:01:03","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T17:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fetterman-says-hamas-is-group-of-rapists-and-cowards-in-wake-of-sexual-assault-details\/"},"modified":"2024-03-27T13:04:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T17:04:00","slug":"fetterman-says-hamas-is-group-of-rapists-and-cowards-in-wake-of-sexual-assault-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fetterman-says-hamas-is-group-of-rapists-and-cowards-in-wake-of-sexual-assault-details\/","title":{"rendered":"Fetterman condemns Hamas as &#8216;rapists and cowards&#8217; following sexual assault revelations"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffetterman-says-hamas-is-group-of-rapists-and-cowards-in-wake-of-sexual-assault-details%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2207422&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senator\u2064 John Fetterman criticized Congress and the\u200b UN for \u2063not condemning\u2064 Hamas after a former Israeli hostage detailed her sexual assault by the\u2062 terrorists. Amit Soussana, one of 250 kidnapped Israelis, spoke out\u2064 about her ordeal. Fetterman emphasized \u200bthe need to dismantle Hamas for lasting peace, highlighting\u2064 the horrors\u2062 faced by Soussana during her captivity. Senator \u2064John Fetterman called out Congress and the UN for failing to \u2062denounce Hamas following\u200b a harrowing account from a former Israeli hostage, Amit Soussana. Soussana, among the 250 kidnapped Israelis, bravely shared her traumatic experience. Fetterman stressed \u200dthe urgency of disbanding Hamas for \u200bsustained peace, shedding light on the atrocities suffered by Soussana while in captivity.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-fetterman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"John Fetterman\">John Fetterman<\/a> (D-PA) slammed some of his fellow members of Congress, as well as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/united-nations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>United Nations<\/a>, for refusing to condemn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hamas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hamas<\/a> after a released hostage revealed in harrowing detail the sexual assault she received at the hands of the terrorists while in captivity.<\/p>\n<p>Amit Soussana was one of the roughly 250 Israelis who were kidnapped during Hamas\u2019s Oct. 7 attacks in southern Israel, and she was among roughly 100 of them who were released during the weeklong temporary ceasefire deal in late November. She is the first former hostage to speak out and accuse the terrorists of sexual assault while in captivity.<\/p>\n<p>During her time in captivity, she was repeatedly beaten and kept in various homes and the significant Hamas underground tunnel infrastructure, according to the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/03\/26\/world\/middleeast\/hamas-hostage-sexual-assault.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>New York Times<\/a><\/em>, which came out with a detailed article about Soussana\u2019s experience in Gaza on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome members of Congress won\u2019t condemn this. Some dismissed this as \u2018propaganda.\u2019 The UN won\u2019t even condemn Hamas. Hamas is not a group of \u2018militants\u2019 or engaging in \u2018insurgency\u2019 \u2014 just rapists and cowards hiding behind innocent civilians,\u201d Fetterman wrote on social media. \u201cIsrael absolutely has the right to pursue and dismantle Hamas to surrender or neutralization. True peace is possible through this imperative.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Some members of Congress won&#8217;t condemn this. Some dismissed this as &#8216;propaganda&#8217;. The UN won&#8217;t even condemn Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>Hamas is not a group of &#8216;militants&#8217; or engaging in &#8216;insurgency&#8217;\u2014just rapists and cowards hiding behind innocent civilians. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5OE423uEAQ\">pic.twitter.com\/5OE423uEAQ<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Senator John Fetterman (@SenFettermanPA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenFettermanPA\/status\/1772962376687468759?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 27, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>One of the men involved in her detention, who called himself Muhammad, would at times lift her shirt and touch her, and in one instance, he forced her to perform a sexual act on him at gunpoint. On that day, he unlocked the chain that kept her to the bed and allowed her to take a bath.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe came towards me and shoved the gun at my forehead,\u201d Soussana recalled, adding that he forced her to remove her towel and groped her. Muhammad then dragged her back to the children\u2019s bedroom she had been held in, and \u201cthen he, with the gun pointed at me, forced me to commit a sexual act on him,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n<p>Soussana told multiple doctors and social workers about her experience in the days after her release.<\/p>\n<p>She lived in the Kfar Azza kibbutz, about a mile and a half from the Gaza border. On Oct. 7, Hamas terrorists overpowered the border wall, and more than a thousand fighters poured into southern Israel and carried out significant attacks in communities nearby, such as Kfar Azza. Her house was lit on fire, and she was pulled out of her home by about 10 men who dragged her back to Gaza, though she put up a fight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t want to let them take me to Gaza like an object, without a fight,\u201d Soussana said. \u201cI still kept believing that someone will come and rescue me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When she was evaluated by doctors after her return, they found she had fractures in her right eye socket, cheek, knee, and nose and severe bruising on her knee and back.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, the United States decided not to veto a U.N. Security Council resolution that called for an immediate ceasefire. The U.S. had vetoed two earlier versions of a resolution related to the war, while it put forth the third, which was vetoed by China and Russia. The U.S.\u2019s decision to abstain on this vote, which allowed for it to pass, infuriated Israeli officials.<\/p>\n<p>While she is the first formerly held hostage to speak publicly about being the victim of sexual violence,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/united-nations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><br \/>U.N.<\/a>\u00a0investigators found \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/2902048\/un-convincing-evidence-hamas-committed-sexual-violence-hostages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>clear and convincing<\/a>\u201d evidence that\u00a0Hamas\u00a0has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/un-investigators-confirm-evidence-of-hamas-sexual-violence\/\" title=\"UN investigators confirm evidence of sexual violence by Hamas\">committed sexual violence<\/a>\u00a0against the hostages, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/home-prices-up-16-annually-but-sales-finally-begin-to-slow\/\" title=\"Home Prices Up 16% Annually, But Sales Finally Begin To Slow\">report released earlier<\/a> this month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBased on the information it gathered, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/un-report-reasonable-grounds-to-believe-hamas-members-sexually-assaulted-raped-abductees\/\" title=\"UN Report: Hamas Members Suspected of Sexual Assault and Rape of Abductees\">mission team found clear<\/a> and convincing information that sexual violence, including rape, sexualized torture, cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment, has been committed against hostages and has reasonable grounds to believe that such violence may be ongoing against those still held in captivity,\u201d the U.N.\u2019s Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/?utm_source=google&#038;utm_medium=cpc&#038;utm_campaign=WE_Search_Brand-Keyword_2024&#038;gad_source=1&#038;gclid=CjwKCAjwh4-wBhB3EiwAeJsppD2jasP4M3Rs1VdB3vglEM-jw5CYbN29QG5ulHpbGBj8lCvZpVwh4hoC31gQAvD_BwE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fetterman was not the only U.S. lawmaker to react to Soussana\u2019s story. His colleague, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), added, \u201cI will never understand why the Left loves Hamas and defends its cruel, barbaric misogyny.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hamas is holding about 100 hostages, though their well-being remains unclear. Israel and Hamas have pursued a second ceasefire agreement through intermediaries, but there have been no breakthroughs for months. The U.S., Qatari, and Egyptian governments have acted as conduits for a possible agreement.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) criticized fellow Congress members and the UN for not condemning Hamas. This came after a former hostage, Amit Soussana, shared chilling details of her sexual assault by the terrorists during captivity. 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