Middle East Hamas Its 'genocidal strategy' & use of Extreme sexual violence

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A new report draws on a wide body of evidence on Hamas and its "deliberate genocidal strategy" during its 7 October 2023 attack on Israel. Their findings are laid out in a new report by the Dinah Project, an all-women initiative formed to pursue justice for victims of sexual violence.

 

The report draws on evidence, including first-hand testimony from a survivor of an attempted rape and interviews with 15 former hostages who were held in Gaza. Additional material includes accounts from witnesses to sexual assaults, social media posts, forensic material, and visual and audio documentation.

 

The Dinah Project was founded in the wake of the October attack by legal scholar Ruth Halperin-Kaddar, former chief military prosecutor Sharon Zagagi-Pinhas, and Nava Ben-Or, a former judge and deputy attorney general. The group states that their new report “establishes that Hamas used sexual violence as a tactical weapon, as part of a genocidal scheme and with the goal of terrorizing and dehumanizing Israeli society.”

 

 

The report was released on Tuesday and, according to its authors, it “creates a pathway to justice for victims of the 7 October attack and potentially for victims in other conflict zones.” It offers what the group calls “a legal blueprint for prosecuting these crimes, even when direct attribution to individual perpetrators is impossible.”

 

 

One former hostage cited in the report said she was forced to perform a sexual act after enduring verbal and physical sexual harassment, forced nudity, and abuse. Six other hostages also reported being forced to strip during their captivity. The Dinah Project argues that the nature and scale of the sexual violence committed point to it being “widespread and systematic” during the 7 October assault.

 

 

Specific numbers from the report are harrowing. Five witnesses described at least four separate incidents of gang rape. Seven reported at least eight other distinct cases of rape or severe sexual assault, including some that occurred during captivity. Additionally, five witnesses spoke of three separate sexual assaults, while three others recounted cases involving mutilation.

 

 

The incidents are reported to have occurred in various locations, including the Nova music festival, the Nahal Oz military base, the Route 232 road, and multiple sites inside Gaza where hostages were held.

 

The group’s legal blueprint outlines a method for establishing criminal responsibility even when individual perpetrators cannot be linked to specific acts. It proposes an evidentiary structure that organizes material based on its relevance and reliability, and a legal framework that allows for prosecution even when a person did not commit or directly witness a crime. This, the authors argue, is crucial in cases involving mass atrocities where chaos and terror obscure traditional evidence trails.

 

In March 2024, a United Nations mission found “reasonable grounds” to believe that conflict-related sexual violence had taken place during the 7 October attacks, including incidents of rape and gang rape. The mission also reported “convincing information” that hostages had been subjected to rape and sexualized torture. Furthermore, three top Hamas leaders—who were later assassinated by Israel—were named by the International Criminal Court’s prosecutor for crimes against humanity, including rape, sexual violence, murder, extermination, and torture.

 

The Dinah Project concludes its report with a strong message: “Justice is essential not only for individual victims but for affirming broader principles: that sexual violence in conflict is a serious violation of international law, that perpetrators will be held accountable, and that the international community will not allow such crimes to be committed with impunity.”

 

Related Topics:

7 October Parliamentary Commission Report (pdf download)

UN finds evidence of rape on Oct. 7 and after

Chilling Confessions Father and Son Describe Sexual Crimes During Hamas Invasion

Israeli report says Hamas sexual violence 'systematic and intentional'

 

  Adapted by ASEAN Now from BBC  2025-07-10

 

 

[Tug]

Each and every one of them needs to be rubbed out no if ands or butts!

[JonnyF]

Truly sickening, and really brings into context the sheer inanity of the likes of Gary Lineker referring to this type of extreme brutality as "that Hamas thing".

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13410495/Gary-Lineker-embroiled-Gaza-row-accused-tone-deaf-referring-October-7-terror-attacks-Israel-Hamas-thing.html

 

 

[The Cyclist]

The UK better get building lots and lots of prisons,  prepare to revoke lots and lots of Visa's and gear up for lots and lots of deportations.

 

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The Home Office has dismissed an application by Hamas to be removed from the list of banned terrorist organisations.

The Islamist Palestinian group, which led the October 7 attacks that killed about 1,200 Israelis, launched a legal challenge in April claiming the designation breached the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).

The proscription makes it a criminal offence to have any association with or show support for the group in the UK.

 

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/home-office-hamas-proscribed-uk-terrorism-list-9kjprvckj