Daniella Gilboa, a former Hamas hostage, shared a disturbing account of an incident at a cafe in the Neve Tzedek neighborhood of Tel Aviv, where a staff member denied her request to use the restroom - an experience she likened to the degrading treatment she endured in captivity.
According to Gilboa, she entered the cafe and asked to use the bathroom. When the employee refused, she explained that she urgently needed to go. He continued to argue and deny her access.
"I told him his behavior reminded me of when I had to beg the terrorists during my captivity just to go to the bathroom," Gilboa recounted. "He replied, 'Who cares that you were kidnapped? When we say no, it's no. Get out of here.'"
Gilboa said none of the other customers intervened. "Even though I was humiliated, no one got up to help me," she said. "No one should have to experience something like that. A business that respects itself shouldn't treat people this way."
She shared the incident on her Instagram story, prompting an outpouring of reactions. Many viewers expressed their outrage by leaving negative reviews of the cafe on Google in protest.
