President of Israel Isaac Herzog: “Former hostage Rom Braslavski showed extraordinary courage in sharing the horrors of his captivity, including a horrific sexual assault he endured while held by Islamic Jihad terrorists.
“His trembling voice, heard tonight in Israel and around the world, breaks through the walls of silence and denial, reminding the world that it must not turn away from the truth.
“The world must understand the scale of the crimes committed by the terrorists in Gaza, heinous cruelty, sexual violence, and abuse.
“We saw this methodical, deliberate evil in the massacre of October 7, and we have heard more and more harrowing testimonies from those who returned from captivity.
“These were not isolated acts of terror, but planned, systematic crimes committed by monsters against the innocent.” Herzog concluded
