United Nations, Mar 05, 2024 -There are “affordable grounds to consider” rapes have been dedicated throughout Hamas‘ October 7 assaults on Israel and that hostages subsequently taken to Gaza have additionally been raped, a UN report mentioned Monday.
UN Particular Consultant on Sexual Violence in Battle Pramila Patten discovered “clear and convincing info” that some hostages had been raped, and believes “that such violence could also be ongoing in opposition to these nonetheless held.”
Because the UN confronted criticism for reacting too slowly to the rapes and sexual violence that Israel accuses Hamas of committing on October 7, Patten, accompanied by specialists, visited Israel and the West Financial institution for 2 and a half weeks in early February.
“Within the context of the coordinated assault by Hamas and different armed teams in opposition to civilian and navy targets all through the Gaza periphery, the mission staff discovered that there are affordable grounds to consider that conflict-related sexual violence occurred in a number of places in the course of the 7 October assaults, together with rape and gang-rape,” the report mentioned.
These occurred in no less than three places — the Nova music competition website and its environment, Street 232, and Kibbutz Re’im, it added.
“In most of those incidents, victims first subjected to rape have been then killed, and no less than two incidents relate to the rape of girls’s corpses,” the report mentioned.
Regardless of requires victims of sexual violence to come back ahead and testify, none did.
Nonetheless, members of the mission have been in a position to interview survivors and witnesses of the October 7 assaults, in addition to members of the well being companies.
They considered 5,000 pictures and 50 hours of footage of the assaults.
They have been additionally in a position to discuss to a few of these hostages who had been launched.
UN Particular Consultant on Sexual Violence in Battle Pramila Patten discovered “clear and convincing info” that some hostages had been raped, and believes “that such violence could also be ongoing in opposition to these nonetheless held.”
Because the UN confronted criticism for reacting too slowly to the rapes and sexual violence that Israel accuses Hamas of committing on October 7, Patten, accompanied by specialists, visited Israel and the West Financial institution for 2 and a half weeks in early February.
“Within the context of the coordinated assault by Hamas and different armed teams in opposition to civilian and navy targets all through the Gaza periphery, the mission staff discovered that there are affordable grounds to consider that conflict-related sexual violence occurred in a number of places in the course of the 7 October assaults, together with rape and gang-rape,” the report mentioned.
These occurred in no less than three places — the Nova music competition website and its environment, Street 232, and Kibbutz Re’im, it added.
“In most of those incidents, victims first subjected to rape have been then killed, and no less than two incidents relate to the rape of girls’s corpses,” the report mentioned.
Regardless of requires victims of sexual violence to come back ahead and testify, none did.
Nonetheless, members of the mission have been in a position to interview survivors and witnesses of the October 7 assaults, in addition to members of the well being companies.
They considered 5,000 pictures and 50 hours of footage of the assaults.
They have been additionally in a position to discuss to a few of these hostages who had been launched.
