Hamas holds hostages as sex slaves in dungeons, says ex-Israeli aide…but pro-Palestine TV star blasts ‘no one cares’
HAMAS thugs are holding Israeli hostages as “sex slaves in dungeons,” an ex-Israeli aide revealed to The Sun.
But the horrific claim surrounding the captives’ torment was angrily dismissed by a pro-Palestinian TV star who fumed: “Stop your lies, we don’t care.”
Speaking on The Sun’s Never Mind the Ballots, Eylon Levy, former Israeli government spokesman, spoke of the trauma some 130 hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza were experiencing.
Levy said: “We know that they are being starved and tortured and executed and raped in captivity.”
He continued: “I’m tearing my hair out that people do not understand that right now.
“Hamas has been holding Israeli women as sex slaves in its dungeons for the past seven months.”
However, pro-Palestinian commentator Narinder Kaur furiously slammed his claims as “lies” and “wild accusations”.
The former Big Brother contestant argued: “The world isn’t listening a second longer. The world doesn’t care for your lies… I tell you what, they care about 30,000 people [allegedly killed in Gaza].
“Surrender. Stop with your lies. We don’t care. Surrender.”
You can also watch Sun’s Political Editor Harry Cole grill MP Steve Reed on Never Mind the Ballots on The Sun’s YouTube channel and thesun.co.uk.
Facing heated criticism from Kaur over the length of the war, Levy countered with the response: “Israel will continue with its campaign to make sure that Hamas can never ever perpetrate such barbaric atrocities ever again.”
Also grilled on the US announcement it had blocked the shipments of heavy-duty bombs to Israel, Levy called it a “disturbing step”.
Last night, a US official revealed that 1,800 2,000lb bombs and 1,700 500lb bombs bound for Israel were axed over fears they would be used to hit Rafah.
The official told CBS News that Israel had not “fully addressed” US concerns over the humanitarian needs of civilians in Rafah – hence the shipment was blocked.
In response, Levy argued that Israel’s Western allies should “stand firm together” while it faces the double threat of both Hamas and Lebanese terror group Hezbollah on its northern border.
Meanwhile, Kaur dragged UK leaders into the debate, arguing Britain had given Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the “green light” for the “absolute disgrace” that is happening inside Gaza.
'Jewish young people are being called pigs in the street by protesters at Cambridge Uni' - student
ALSO featured on The Sun's Never Mind The Ballots was Naomi Bernstein, a Cambridge University student who is part of the university's Jewish Society.
Questioned on whether there is violence and hate at the large-scale campus anti-war protests rocking some of the UK’s most prestigious universities, she said: “These encampments are peaceful”.
However, Bernstein admitted she had faced hate on her campus and had seen fellow Jewish students called “pigs” by pro-Palestinian protesters.
In response, she called for more respect, dialogue and consideration between Jewish students and pro-Palestinian protesters.
Entering the debate, ex-Israeli spokesman Eylon Levy called it a “violent psychosis” that has “overtaken American campuses” and argued it “must not be allowed to infect British universities as well.”
He stated that the ‘Gaza solidarity’ university encampments taking place across the US and UK are part of a “broader anti-Semitic awakening” – a claim Pro-Palestinian commentator Narinder Kaur brandished as “mad”.
RAFAH OFFENSIVE
It comes as Israeli tanks and forces entered Rafah yesterday after rejecting Hamas’s proposal for a ceasefire.
At least 1.4million – more than half of Gaza’s population – are believed to be sheltering in the city that borders Egypt after fleeing the fighting from elsewhere in the bomb-blitzed enclave.
Early on Tuesday, Israel kicked off what it called a “limited” ground offensive into Rafah despite international objections.
Israeli forces backed by tanks seized control of the Rafah crossing into Egypt, while ongoing air strikes are devastating the crumbling city.
The crossing served as the main corridor for aid to reach Gaza and The White House has heavily condemned the interruption of humanitarian deliveries.
Within hours of what Israel predicted will be a six-week assault, the IDF said it had killed 20 Hamas operatives and located three “significant” tunnel shafts.
Dramatic footage captured onboard IDF tanks showed them crushing an “I Love Gaza” sign and troops raising Israeli flags at the Rafah crossing.
In Cairo, truce talks are ongoing as negotiations try to make good on what Hamas called Israel’s “last chance” to free the scores of hostages.
Meanwhile, Israel Defence Forces (IDF) claimed today they are conducting a “precise counterterrorism operation in specific areas of eastern Rafah”.
The IDF said it was “eliminating terrorists” and “terrorist infrastructure”, adding that their fighter jets had hit over 100 “terror targets”.
However, the mayor of Rafah has already claimed the city sits on the “brink of a humanitarian catastrophe” and “echoes with cries” of the dead.
But the move to invade Rafah risks dramatically widening the gulf between Netanyahu and his key ally US President Joe Biden.
Israel says Rafah is Hamas’s last stronghold, but the US opposes a full-scale invasion of the city unless Israel provides a credible plan for protecting civilians there.
