Brutal, systematic and unimaginable sex crimes committed by Hamas terrorists since October 7th are revealed for the first time in an official research report and the first of its kind published this morning (Wednesday).
The report, which is based on a series of testimonies, interviews and sources, reveals how Hamas terrorists used sadistic practices, designed to intensify the humiliation and horror dimension of the sexual abuse.
Mainly, it clearly shows that it is not a matter of a few isolated or temporary cases, but of an orderly method of operation, and systematic, deliberate, and cruel abuse.
It should be noted that the descriptions detailed in the report, and some of which are also included in this article, are very difficult to read.
The report finds that the Hamas attack included violent acts of rape, with the threat of weapons, which in some cases were aimed at injured women.
Many of the acts of rape were carried out in a group manner, with cooperation between the abusing terrorists.
Often, the rape was committed in front of an audience - spouses, family or friends - in a way designed to increase the pain and helplessness of all present and to sow additional terror.
Hamas terrorists carried out a hunting expedition after young men and women who ran away from the party, and according to testimonies, dragged them by the hair, while screaming.
The acts targeted women, girls and men alike.
In most cases, the victims were murdered after or even during the rape.
A large part of the bodies of the victims of sex crimes were found bound and bound.
Female and male genitalia were brutally mutilated, and sometimes weapons were even inserted into them.
Some of the bodies were found to be trapped.
The terrorists did not stop shooting, and cut and mutilated genitals and other body parts with knives.
It is important to note that the report only detailed information from identified sources that were allowed to be published, but the analysis included additional confidential sources of information, which cannot be published.
Nova Nature Party Arena near Kibbutz Ra'im, October 26, 2023/Flash 90, Yossi Zamir
The information shows that sexual and gender-based assaults took place, in the Shiv'ah massacre in October, and in
captivity
in the Gaza Strip:
the Nova Nature Party
- both videos and testimonies of party goers unequivocally testify to a series of serious sexual assaults at the Nova Party scene.
There are survivors' testimonies about gang rape, hearsay testimonies about women's screams and more.
These testimonies agree with parallel descriptions on behalf of the evacuation and handling of the bodies.
Kibbutzim and communities in the south
- the testimonies of rescuers and corpse handlers were collected, according to which in many houses signs of rape were found near the murder, and that a large part of the cases happened in front of or near family members.
Testimonies about what happened in Kibbutz Bari reveal a series of shocking cases of severe sexual abuse of women and girls and even a case of burying a knife in the genital area.
The Association of Aid Centers received additional information that cannot be disclosed for ethical reasons.
IDF bases
- dead bodies of soldiers that arrived at Camp Shura contained obvious signs of sexual violence.
Captivity - Information regarding sexual assaults committed in captivity was published following the testimonies of those who returned from captivity. These are a number of different testimonies published in recent months by freed abductees, which also include information About abductions and abductees still in captivity.
"Corpse arrived as handcuffs"/image processing, Zaka spokesmen
The report, as mentioned, analyzes dozens of confidential and public information, including testimonies of eyewitnesses and hearsay, interviews with rescue and treatment forces, information that was allowed to be published in the written and electronic media and inquiries that reached the union.
After locating the information, a process of cataloging and analysis was done in order to map the scenes and patterns of action of the occurrences in which the sexual crimes were committed.
The report does not provide quantitative information, since due to the nature of the events, which mostly ended in the murder of the victims, their full extent is not known now, and may never be known.
The report, published by the Association of Assistance Centers for Victims and Victims of Sexual Assault, constitutes an initial evidentiary infrastructure indicating sex crimes by Hamas terrorists since the beginning of the war, and will also be submitted to UN decision makers. "The findings leave no possibility of denial or ignoring.
The terrorist organization Hamas has chosen to injure the State of Israel with two clear strategies - taking citizens captive, and sadistic sex crimes," stated Orit Soliciano, CEO of the Association of Aid Centers, which published the report.
"It is no longer possible to remain silent - we expect the international organizations to take an unequivocal position, it is impossible to stand on the sidelines. Standing on the other side will be remembered as a historical stain on all those who chose to remain silent, silence and deny the sex crimes committed by Hamas."
The report was written by Dr. Carmit Keller Halamish and Naga Berger. "The brutal practices used on October 7, such as cutting off intimate parts of girls, women and men, shooting and burying weapons in genitals, were intended to corrupt and hurt in a sadistic and horrifying manner," they testify "The manner in which the injuries were carried out and the actions that accompanied them were intended to intensify the impact on the victims themselves and their environment, which was unable to prevent the injury.
These days, when the scar in our hearts refuses to heal, and the souls of our living sisters and brothers cry out to us from the ground, a large part of those we thought were partners and partners turn to silence and denial of the atrocities.
We call on you to make your voice heard, and not to let the cry of these victims evaporate."
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