The physical, psychological and sexual abuse that Israeli hostages in Gaza have to endure defies imagination. That’s according to Dr. Renana Eitan, the head of the psychiatric department at a hospital in Tel Aviv. In a shocking testimony, she describes how released hostages arrive at the hospital completely traumatized. Eitan also confirms reports that Hamas is drugging hostages. “A girl was given ketamine for weeks. It is unreal,” said the doctor.
Previous testimonies already showed that the Hama terrorists repeatedly drugged several hostages, including children, and then transported them from one location to another. Renana Eitan, director of the psychiatric department at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv, confirms those reports. Several Israeli citizens kidnapped by the terror group on October 7 were given drugs. In this way they remained calm and obedient, it is said.
“I’ve never seen anything like this,” says Eitan, who has been treating trauma patients for 20 years. “The physical, sexual, mental and psychological abuse endured by the released hostages is simply horrific.”
Fourteen ex-hostages are currently being treated in the hospital. Several of them were drugged during their captivity. “The terrorists wanted to control the children, but that is sometimes difficult with young children or adolescents. They knew that if they gave them drugs, they would be quiet,” says Eitan. “One of the girls was given ketamine for weeks. It’s unreal that they can do something like that to a child.”
Hallucinations
A number of hostages also suffered psychological abuse, according to the doctor. For example, one of the patients was told that his wife was dead, while she was actually still alive. Another ex-hostage was kept in the dark for no less than four days. In addition, children were forced to watch “cruel videos”, as previously reported. “It made them psychotic and resulted in hallucinations,” says Eitan.
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According to the doctor, several ex-hostages continue to struggle with dissociation. “One moment they know they are here in the hospital and the next moment they think they are back with Hamas,” she says. Eitan emphasizes that “her mission” is to help the victims as best as possible.
On October 7, Hamas kidnapped at least 240 Israeli civilians. Last month, 105 hostages were released during a days-long ceasefire between the terror group and Israel. At least 138 people are currently still trapped in Gaza. Eighteen of them may have died.
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