Israel, 'the first UN report on the rapes of October 7 is good' - Breaking news. Israel welcomes the UN's definitive recognition that Hamas committed sexual crimes on 7 October in the important report published by the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on violence.

At the same time, Israel rejects the report's call to investigate Palestinian allegations of "sexual violence by Israeli elements": "This is a mocking Palestinian ploy deliberately designed to create an intolerable equivalence between the horrific crimes committed by Hamas and harmful and unfounded statements against Israel and Israelis"