Freed hostage reveals what saved her from being raped in captivity

‘His wife hated the fact that he and I were in the same room…she had such mean eyes.’

By Vered Weiss, World Israel News

Freed hostage Mia Schem said the only reason the Hamas terrorist guarding her didn’t rape her in 54 days of captivity was that his wife and children were in the other room.

The 21-year-old tattoo artist who was abducted by Hamas from the Nova Music Festival on October 7th spoke candidly and at length about her horrific months as a hostage in Gaza to Channel 12 News.

Regarding the terrorist guarding her Mia Schem said, “His wife was outside the room with the children,” she said. “That was the only reason he didn’t rape me.”

The dual French and Israeli citizen described being starved and bullied by the terrorist’s family as the guard didn’t take his eyes off of her as she sat in a darkened room.

Mia Schem described the ordeal, “I (was) closed in a dark room, not allowed to talk, not allowed to be seen, to be heard, hidden.”

She added, “There is a terrorist looking at you 24/7, looking.”

Mia Schem told of her fear of being raped and burst into tears.

“There is fear of being raped, there is fear of dying.”

She continued, “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.”

“That’s all you had there. But she was so mean, she had such mean eyes.”

Mia Schem was shot in the arm while trying to flee Hamas terrorists on October 7th after seeing that they set her car on fire.

“It was a split-second decision, whether to stay put and burn to death or go with him,” she said.

Mia was thrown onto the back of a pickup truck and was given a makeshift splint.

In Gaza, a veterinarian operated on her arm with no anesthetic and told her that she was going to die a hostage.

As she felt the impact of Israeli airstrikes, Mia said she remembered thinking, “I didn’t die on October 7th, but I’m going to die now.”

However, Mia added, “I trusted the military.”