00:00 On October 7th, Hamas invaded Israel's lands, killing around 1,200 people and kidnapping hundreds.
00:07 Now, a new report from Israeli Rape Crisis Centers has outlined that those very attacks also included many acts of sexual violence and rape.
00:15 We have the expertise to analyze the practices of sexual violence, how it happened, what was done, and also where it was done.
00:25 This kind of analysis we already did in other fields, but never ever did we dream that we as Israelis will have to deal in the issue of sexual violence as a weapon of war.
00:39 The report was based on interviews from first responders and witnesses, as well as other accounts that have been published by major news organizations,
00:46 finding not only widespread indications of rape and sexual violence enacted upon women and children, but also men,
00:53 with one eyewitness recounting to authorities, "Mainly there were a lot of gunshot wounds. Also targeted shooting in the male genital area, and we saw that a lot.
01:02 They had a thing with sexual organs, both for women and men."
01:06 The report concluded that this was intentional behavior, though Hamas denies that any of their agents committed such acts.
01:13 What we learned, that this was an intentional way of behavior.
01:17 In all of the crime scenes, in all of the terrorist scenes that have happened, this systematic abuse, sadistic abuse, brutal abuse of women, children, and men happened.
01:29 Something that I don't know if ever happened like this ever, ever in the world.
01:35 (gentle music)
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