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Freed Israeli Hostage Sasha Troufanov Details Torture, Sexual Harassment and Isolation in First Global Interview

The interview follows Israel's recovery of the final hostage's remains, a step that unlocked the next cease-fire phase.

Overview

  • He says he was stabbed, shot twice in each leg and beaten during the October 7 abduction at Kibbutz Nir Oz, where his father was killed.
  • He reports being locked in a cage for more than six weeks, seeing another hostage only twice across 498 days and later being left alone for months in dark, underground tunnels.
  • He describes sexual harassment by a guard who tried to coerce sexual acts and covert filming by a hidden camera during weekly showers.
  • He recounts severe medical neglect, including a broken leg crudely wrapped with a broom and a metal grill part and almost no treatment.
  • He notes his fiancée, mother and grandmother were freed after roughly 50 days, says the return of Ran Gvili's remains lets released captives "breathe," and argues current cease-fire and reconstruction plans are insufficient.