Sexual harassment, torture, kidnapping: Israeli News 12 shared Karina Ariev's harrowing testimony about her abduction from the Nahal Oz base. When Hamas attacked, Karina was injured and nearly lost consciousness, but she bravely repelled a grenade that Hamas hurled at her and her friends. She then played dead as Hamas carried out its murderous rampage, hoping it would spare her life. Terrorists performing "kill verifications" then approached her, pulling at her hands to check if she was alive. When they realized she was, they handcuffed her and dragged her to a Hamas jeep. On the way to Gaza, the terrorists beat her, strangled her, ripped out her hair, burned her body, and tore off the Hamsa necklace she had worn every day since childhood. In captivity, Karina was sexually harassed by a captor until she bravely threatened him. Karina described October 7th as the hardest day of her life, and how she once saw her parents, Albert and Ira, on TV at Hostage Square and felt “blessed” to hear the voice of her older sister, Sasha. Karina was finally freed after 478 days of captivity. It’s a miracle she is home, safe, and healing.
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