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‘I’m in the dark’: Mia Schem says she filed rape complaint against Tel Aviv fitness trainer

In a preview for an upcoming interview with Channel 12, Schem said she could no longer remain silent.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, TMI
FORMER HOSTAGE Mia Schem speaks at a press conference ahead of the second concert in memory of those murdered on Oct. 7 at the Supernova festival, in Tel Aviv earlier in 2025.
Mia Schem reunites with her mother and brother following her release after being held hostage by the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas in the Gaza Strip, in Hatzerim military base in Israel, November 30, 2023.

Sobbing and bleeding: Mia Schem recounts sexual harassment, trauma of Gaza captivity

Schem described the sexual harassment she experienced from her captor, who "kept reminding me that he had seen me without underwear."

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, ERAN ITZKOVITZ
Mia Schem, 21, reunites with her family following her release after being held hostage by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, at Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Israel, in this undated handout image, obtained by Reuters on December 1, 2023.

'Left with no underwear or pants': Mia Schem recounts harrowing moments from Hamas captivity

She described the sexual harassment she experienced from her captor, who "kept reminding me that he had seen me without underwear."

|ByERAN ITZKOVITZ
Noam Ben David is wearing Oshrat Mishel's IDF-inspired wedding gown while being photographed at The Jerusalem Post's photoshoot at the Tower of David Jerusalem Museum, on August 1, 2024.

We will dress up again: Oct. 7 victims model in historic fashion shoot of hope

Israel’s fashion world has risen to the challenge of how to wear the war, bear and express its pain and trauma, and armor all of us to defiantly move ahead with hope.

|ByJUDITH SEGALOFF

Our new role models: The best snapshots from JPost's special shoot

Much more than 'models': Check out Israel and the Jewish world’s new role models in the global fight for good against evil. 

AUGUST 16, 2024
Mia Schem is seen in a dress made by Alon Livne, first worn by Eden Golan at Eurovision 2024.

From hell to Hollywood: Freed Hamas hostage Mia Schem attends Elton John’s Oscar bash

Schem attended the star-studded Oscar party hosted by Elton John, where she wore a dress with a yellow pin in solidarity with those still held hostage by Hamas.

MARCH 12, 2024
Mia Schem, 21, reunites with her family following her release after being held hostage by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, at Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Israel, in this undated handout image, obtained by Reuters on December 1, 2023.

In battle of the free world against forces of evil, we must be patient - opinion

Patience is a powerful trait. It has sustained the hatred of the Hamas terrorists for Israel and their belief that they will one day destroy the Jews. 

JANUARY 3, 2024
ByFRED NAIDER
HAMAS GAZA head Yahya Sinwar meets with then-president of the International Committee of the Red Cross Peter Maurer, in Gaza City, in 2017. Patience has sustained the hatred of the Hamas terrorists for Israel and their belief that they will one day destroy the Jews.