JERUSALEM — An Israeli hostage who was released in October has told an Israeli television channel he was subjected to sexual violence during his two-year captivity in Gaza by Palestinian militants — the first male hostage to publicly make such an accusation.

Rom Braslavski, 21, who was abducted from the Nova music festival on October 7, 2023, made the allegation in an interview with Channel 13’s Hazinor programme. Excerpts of the interview, broadcast late on Thursday, were shared with Reuters.

Describing being stripped naked and tied up while in captivity, he also recounted actions by one of his captors, saying: “It was sexual violence, and its main purpose was humiliation. Its goal was to humiliate me, to crush my dignity.”

He said it was hard for him to talk about the experience.

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