you were aware, were you, that sexual assault was taking place on some of the female hostages? yes, because i was there. and i saw the girls coming after those things happening and telling us what happened. after 51 days in november, aviva was released but without keith. isaid i said that i am not coming without keith. and i begged him. and they didn t even let me go and say goodbye to keith until i pushed them, luckily i could give keith a hug and i told him to be strong for me and i ll be strong for him but i don t know, i m starting to lose my hope. and i m sure that
one of the times, they took us down to a tunnel and there was no oxygen there and theyjust left us there. and i can t explain what the feeling is of not being able to breathe and you know that it might be your last hours. keith and aviva were also held in houses with other hostages, where she witnessed beatings and was aware of sexual assaults. they were so mean to us. they just starved us for days and ate in front of us. we weren t allowed to even stand and we weren t allowed to talk. one of the days, one of the girls went to the toilet, and while she came back, i could see on the face that something happened. and only after a couple of hours, she came and she told us. she said, he touched me. and that was one of the terriblest moments, because i felt that i couldn t even look after this little girl. she sjust a child.
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