Hamas sexual violence on 7th October attack. Content warning.

[ArabellaScott]

A new investigation has shared more information on details of Hamas' atrocities.

I do urge caution when reading, and don't if you are feeling fragile.

'An independent, Israeli investigation has published harrowing details of "systematic, widespread" sexual violence by Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups during the attacks on 7 October 2023, and against hostages.
The 300-page report concludes that rapes, sexual assault and sexual torture were intended "to maximize pain and suffering".
While the UN and others have published reports on sexual violence during the attacks – in which about 1,200 people were killed and 251 taken hostage – this is the most comprehensive.
It draws on 430 filmed interviews with survivors and witnesses, more than 10,000 photographs and videos filmed by attackers, and official records and material from attack sites.'

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgz9k7pzggo

Waiting for the Jew haters to arrive.

Just awful - why do men feel it's ok to use sexual violence against women.....on all sides of War.

Not to play it down, but I think most people knew this.

The problem has been the stupid bureacracy about how something becomes official.

Which could have been resolved if in the first instance Netanyahu hadn't blocked the UN from carrying out an investigation at the time which they asked to do.

Rape has been a weapon of war for centuries.

I hadn't realised there had been an updated report from the UK APPG investigation, too. Came out in March.

(may be an obvious point, but content warning)

https://www.7octparliamentarycommission.co.uk/

I just knew it would be Netanyahu's fault, somehow. Even I didn't expect it by post number three though.

Well him as a representative of a male government.

The men didn't think it was a priority.

If it hadn't been for the independent initiative of Israeli feminists at the time much of the evidence would have been lost.

Male dominated political parties use violence against women as a political tool when it suits them.

And Netenyahu and his Government were more interested in scoring points off the UN than violence against women.

Just as other male dominated Governments are.

It's a statement of fact.

This is so horrific and heartbreaking. So sad to see this, really awful.

And people glorify Hamas, praise the “Al Aqsa flood” and deny that terrorists who live-streamed themselves murdering would stoop to rape.

fuck Hamas and their fucking apologists. They’re animals.

Thank you for posting this @ArabellaScott. Horrific. Given how many people deny that this went on I think it’s important to reference.

100 percent. The racist feminists who ‘forgot’ everything they know about the pattern of male violence because the victims were Israeli and the rapists were Hamas. Fuck them. Those women are not feminists. They are just racists.

This is massively out of proportion response to, and doesn't really even contradict, what IWanttoRetire said.

That's just what I was thinking; glad it's not just me!

Link to the study itself.

What is being emphasised here is not the fact these crimes happened, which yes we knew, but that they were deliberately planned and used as part of the attack method.

https://www.civilc.org/silenced-no-more

'Hamas and its collaborators used sexual violence as a widespread and systematic tactic. These were not isolated incidents. They followed recurring, organized patterns across multiple locations and phases of the attack, including during abduction, transfer, and prolonged captivity.'

Where war goes sexual violence follows so it's unsurprising but at this stage for Israel publicising these findings is akin to barking into the wilderness given their continued war mongering. Most people will simply view the publication of the report as another shrewd grab at sympathy & finger pointing unfortunately as Israel's good will has completely dried up.

Praying for peace.

Is that really 'most people's' reaction to these cases of sexual assault, torture and rape of women, just because they were Israeli women?

'Most people' would respond like that i.e. with a thinly-disguised version of 'They were Israeli, so they were asking for it'?

If it's true that 'most people' react like that, humanity is every more f*cked than I thought.

Peace? There will be no peace while people like you continue to facilitate and protect murdering, raping Hamas monsters.
I stand with Israel.

I said "the publicising of the report" not the content. Obviously reasonable people are horrified by such events. But they are also aware the Israeli government exploiting their own people for political ends.

“Everyone else is doing it so why can’t we”?
omg! WHY are you still going on about these rapes? It’s been happening forever!!

is that what you mean @IwantToRetire ?

they brought it on themselves?….

Yes I'm sure Hamas is dependent on The House Wives of MN for their continued existence.

On the contrary. I think it was unquestionably a proportionate response.

It's quite clear @IwantToRetire means nothing of the sort.

It's known to anyone with even the most tenuous knowledge of history and feminism that rape and sexual violence has always been a weapon of war.

Her point about the bureaucracy around this and why it's taken this long to make official what any woman could have told you is completely correct.

Defend the indefensible.