Freed hostage Yarden Roman-Gat says fear of rape in captivity is ‘never off your mind’

Freed hostage Yarden Roman-Gat describes the fears she had during her time in Hamas captivity in an interview with CBS’s “60 Minutes,” slated to air in full this evening.

“As a woman, the fear of getting raped or the variety of the acts, could never get off your mind, never, it’s just not an option because as long as you’re there, you’re hopeless, you have no protection, you cannot object to anything, it could cost you your life,” she tells the interviewer.

“And that fear was not as extreme the whole time, but it will never go away. It’s always there,” she continues.

Yarden Roman-Gat, one of the Israelis taken hostage by Hamas during the Oct. 7 attacks and held for nearly two months, shares her experience: "You're hopeless. You have no protection. You cannot object to anything, it could cost you your life."

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Roman-Gat was taken hostage by Hamas from Kibbutz Be’eri on October 7, as she handed their 3-year-old to her husband, who succeeded in fleeing and hiding from the terrorists while Roman-Gat was taken into Gaza.

She was freed as part of a truce deal on November 30 after 54 days held hostage by Hamas. Her sister-in-law, Carmel Gat, 39, is still held captive in Gaza.