An Israeli the lawyer and advocate for women’s rights has said that Hamas intended to utilize sexual abuse assault as a tactic in their battle against Israel.According to Professor Ruth Halperin-Kaddari, there was “no doubt” in her mind after seeing film of women in several places who seemed to have been victims of sexual abuse assault.Complaints of sexual abuse crimes committed by Hamas on October 7 were delayed in acknowledgment by some UN organizations, which has stoked resentment.
Investigations into Alleged Sexual Assaults by Hamas in Israel
- Israel has been investigating any sexual abuse that occurred during the assaults.
- Readers should be aware that this article includes disturbing graphic information.
- Although the exact number of sexual abuse committed by Hamas during the attacks in October is still unknown, Israeli authorities have reported collecting over 1,500 witness and medical professional accounts.
- There was graphic evidence of the assaults at the Supernova event in militant-streamed video and images.
- The sexual abuse mutilation of victims of homicide and gang rape are among the violent crimes that the police are looking into.
- According to Professor Halperin-Kaddari, who spoke to the Today program on BBC Radio 4, there were various reports from people who were there at the time. One survivor, for instance, hid in the bushes and saw a lady being raped by several guys.
- Paramedic who treated lady who reported being raped by four guys and lost a life-threatening quantity of blood was also someone she communicated with, according to her.
Allegations of Systematic sexual abuse by Hamas Sparks International Outcry and Denial
“I seen footage and photos from many different places of bodies whose condition all of them showing the same pattern of degradation and left no doubt that rape was performed on these women when they were carried out,” according to her.
“That leaves no doubt that such a high number of cases in a relatively brief amount of time – less than a day – across multiple places, it could not have been if there had their wasn’t a plan, planning, to use sexual abuse as an instrument of war.”
These atrocities are denied by Hamas. Claiming that Israel is spreading “lies” in an effort to debunk the “humane” treatment of Israeli captives by Hamas, the group made its stance clear in a message on the messaging app Telegram.
In the aftermath of the assaults by Hamas, advocates for the rights of Israeli women and the rule of law have been urging prominent international organizations to officially recognize instances of sexual abuse and gender-based violence.
Among those who have been urging UN agencies to recognize these “crimes against humanity” is Professor Halperin-Kaddari, who served on a UN convention addressing gender discrimination for twelve years.
“Unfortunately, not a single one of them used the term’sexual assault’ publicly until about a week ago. According to her, it took them more than seven weeks. Even if the UN has not addressed the claims of a delay, Professor Halperin-Kaddari brought attention to the violence during her recent visit to the UN in Geneva.
Delayed Recognition and Shocking Details in UN Women’s Statement on Hamas Assault
- A statement was released by UN Women eight weeks subsequent to the assaults, recognizing reports of crimes perpetrated against women.
- Professor Halperin-Kaddari chimed in, saying, “They took too long, much too long” on this.
- On October 7th, males were also victims of sexual abuse, according to Yael Sherer of the Survivors of Sexual abuse advocacy organization, who spoke with Today.
- According to her, first responders, bystanders, and survivors of the assaults are all helping to piece together what happened.
- “Hamas is terrorists made sure to disgrace these people and shame them in many ways,” according to her.
- According to Ms. Sherer, this even included acts of violence committed on the victims’ corpses after they had passed away.
- “We are noticed people who were crying… [and] people who had been bound down to decor with zip-ties, and were not clothed, of many ages.”
Tel Aviv Refuses Cooperation
Sexual assaults that occurred on the 7th of October will be one of the primary foci of an ongoing United Nations committee of inquiry that is looking into accusations of war crimes committed by both the Israelis and the Hamas. Israel, meanwhile, sees the inquiry as prejudiced and has so far refused to cooperate with it.
If Tel Aviv refused to cooperate, the inquiry’s head, Navi Pillay, said, her team could still interview witnesses and survivors outside of Israel.Telling the BBC, “All they [Israel] have to do is let us in,” she went on to say that victims of the assaults should have the right to a United Nations hearing.
According to Ms. Pillay, “every effort” is being made as part of her team’s investigations, and the UN did not wait in admitting that sexual assault had occurred during Hamas’s attacks.
Nearly 240 more were held captive in the 7 October Hamas onslaught on Israel, which murdered 1,200 people.More than 15,500 have been killed in Israel’s military operation since then, according to Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry.
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