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Israeli Researcher Reveals Horrific Torture by Captors

12/4/2025

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Elizabeth Tsurkov, an Israeli researcher, says she endured severe torture during two and a half years in captivity by Kataib Hezbollah.
In a British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) interview, she described starvation, electrocution, and sexual abuse after captors learned her Israeli identity.
She described a torture method called "the scorpion" that often leads to shoulder dislocation.
After 100 days, she was moved to a different location where the torture ceased.

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Elizabeth Tsurkov, an Israeli researcher, says she endured severe torture during two and a half years in captivity by Kataib Hezbollah.
In a British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) interview, she described starvation, electrocution, and sexual abuse after captors learned her Israeli identity.
She described a torture method called "the scorpion" that often leads to shoulder dislocation.
After 100 days, she was moved to a different location where the torture ceased.