The 21-year-old French tattoo artist abducted and wounded by Hamas terrorists has revealed the only one reason she wasn’t raped by her captor during 54 days in captivity. Schem, who has dual Israeli and French citizenship, said her tormentor kept her in a dark room under constant watch for most of her time in Gaza.She said she was starved and taunted by the terrorist’s family while wondering if she’d be killed at any moment.
“His wife was outside the room with the children,” freed hostage Mia Schem said during a newly released interview on Israeli TV. “That was the only reason he didn’t rape me.”
“[I was] closed in a dark room, not allowed to talk, not allowed to be seen, to be heard, hidden,” Schem said. “There is a terrorist looking at you 24/7, looking, raping you with his eyes.
“There is fear of being raped, there is fear of dying,” Schem said, at times bursting into tears while recounting the ordeal.
“His wife hated the fact that he and I were in the same room. You feel like you want a hug, you know, woman to woman, to break down a bit.