In an hour-long interview titled “With Extraordinary Courage” released Israeli h…

In an hour-long interview titled “With Extraordinary Courage” released Israeli hostage Romi Gonen recounts her abduction from the Nova music festival on October 7, 2023, after witnessing the killing of a close friend, and her subsequent captivity in Gaza for more than a year. She describes enduring severe physical and psychological trauma during her detention, including sexual abuse by multiple captors, among them individuals she identifies as a medical worker and a journalist.

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Thus far, Romi’s heartbreaking story has not been picked up by any major international outlet or media channel. Nobody has shared the testimony of a then 23-year-old innocent young woman who was kidnapped from a music festival, after witnessing her friend be shot and killed in front of her, only to then spend more than one year in captivity in Gaza, during which time she experienced countless horrors.