Fetterman says Hamas is group of ‘rapists and cowards’ in wake of sexual assault details

Published March 27, 2024 12:49pm ET



Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) slammed some of his fellow members of Congress, as well as the United Nations, for refusing to condemn Hamas after a released hostage revealed in harrowing detail the sexual assault she received at the hands of the terrorists while in captivity.

Amit Soussana was one of the roughly 250 Israelis who were kidnapped during Hamas’s Oct. 7 attacks in southern Israel, and she was among roughly 100 of them who were released during the weeklong temporary ceasefire deal in late November. She is the first former hostage to speak out and accuse the terrorists of sexual assault while in captivity.

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