Israeli officials lashed out at The New York Times after it alleged that Israel routinely uses rape and multiple forms of sexual violence in what the report implied amounted to an unofficial but sanctioned policy of abuse.
The New York Times report came as an Israeli commission investigating allegations of rape during the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre of Israel civilians at the hands of Hamas issued its report detailing the extensive use of sexual violence by Hamas that day, according to The Times of Israel. The Israeli report was based on more than 10,000 pieces of visual evidence and more than 430 interviews.
“Taken together, the Commission’s investigation reveals a coordinated assault in which sexual violence was used to terrorize victims, families, communities, and society at large,” the study asserted. “Our conclusion is unequivocal: sexual and gender-based violence formed a central component of the October 7 attack and of hostages’
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