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‘Widespread’ sexual and gender-based crimes committed during Hamas attack, Israeli officials say

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A new report by the Israeli organization Physicians for Human Rights says the atrocities committed by Hamas were intended to be utilized as a psychological weapon.

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  1. New York Times

    What We Know About Sexual Violence During the Oct. 7 Attacks on Israel (opens New York Times)

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    Israel has accused Hamas of committing abuses against large numbers of women. Hamas denies the allegations.

  2. New York Post

    Hamas terrorists had ‘a thing with sexual organs’ and targeted genitalia of Israeli victims: UN testimony (opens New York Post)

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    There were “horrific things I saw with my own eyes and I felt with my own hands,” said stricken Simcha Greinman, a volunteer who helped collect the remains of the slaughtered victims, according to …

  3. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    New signs emerge of 'widespread' sexual crimes by Hamas, as Netanyahu alleges global indifference (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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    A man hiding in a pit during the Oct. 7 Hamas assault on an outdoor music festival in Israel said he heard someone nearby screaming she was being raped. Elsewhere in the area, a combat paramedic saw the body of a young woman with her legs open, her pants pulled down, and what looked like semen on he…

  4. Anchorage Daily News

    ‘Widespread’ sexual and gender-based crimes committed during Hamas attack, Israeli officials say (opens Anchorage Daily News)

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    A new report by the Israeli organization Physicians for Human Rights says the atrocities committed by Hamas were intended to be utilized as a psychological weapon.

  5. Green Field Reporter

    'Widespread' sexual and gender-based crimes committed during Hamas attack, Israeli officials say - The Daily Reporter (opens Green Field Reporter)

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    JERUSALEM (AP) — A man hiding in a pit during the Oct. 7 Hamas assault on an outdoor music festival in Israel said he heard someone nearby screaming she was being raped. Elsewhere in the area, a combat paramedic saw the body of a young woman with her legs open, her pants pulled down, and […]

  6. Voice of America

    'Widespread' Sexual, Gender-Based Crimes Committed During Hamas Attack, Israeli Officials Say (opens Voice of America)

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    Witness accounts show that sexual assault was part of an atrocities-filled rampage by Hamas and other Gaza militants who killed about 1,200 people, most of them civilians, and took more than 240 hostages Oct. 7.

  7. WDIO Duluth

    Netanyahu alleges global indifference to what rights group calls 'widespread' sexual crimes by Hamas (opens WDIO Duluth)

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    Israeli officials say victim testimony and evidence gathered by rights groups indicate that Hamas militants carried out widespread sexual and gender-based crimes during their Oct. 7 attack in southern Israel.

  8. The Garden Island

    Officials: Sexual crimes committed during Hamas attack (opens The Garden Island)

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    JERUSALEM — A man hiding in a pit during the Oct. 7 Hamas assault on an outdoor music festival in Israel said he heard someone nearby screaming she was being raped. Elsewhere in the area, a combat paramedic saw the body of a young woman with her legs open, her pants pulled down, and what looked like…

  9. New York Times

    Wednesday Briefing (opens New York Times)

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    Accounts of sexual violence by Hamas.

  10. Honolulu Star-Advertiser

    ‘Widespread’ sexual crimes committed during Hamas attack, Israel says (opens Honolulu Star-Advertiser)

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    JERUSALEM >> A man hiding in a pit during the Oct. 7 Hamas assault on an outdoor music festival in Israel said he heard someone nearby screaming she was being raped. Elsewhere in the area, a combat paramedic saw the body of a young woman with her legs open, her pants pulled down, and what looked lik…

  11. The Daily Caller

    New Accounts Show Hamas’ ‘Widespread’ Sexual Violence Against Civilians (opens The Daily Caller)

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    New accounts of Hamas' mass sexual violence have emerged as Israel denounces groups who refuse to condemn it.

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