TIMES OF ISRAEL
In harrowing detail, NYT reports on weaponization of rape, sexual violence on Oct. 7
December 29, 2023

In a comprehensive, horrifying exposé published on Thursday, The New York Times detailed the systematic sexual violence against Israeli women and girls employed by Palestinian terrorists during Hamas’s unprecedented October 7 rampage through southern Israel. The two-month investigation includes interviews with more than 150 witnesses, medical personnel, first responders, soldiers, rape counselors, and government officials, along with the scanning of video footage, photographs and GPS data from cell phones. The piece begins with the description of a harrowing video that circulated widely in the days after Hamas’s monstrous assault on southern Israel that Saturday morning. READ MORE

UNREPORTED TRUTHS Alex Berenson: On the sexual atrocities Hamas committed on Oct.7 We cannot ignore the depravity of these attacks, or what they mean for women. The Times’s descriptions of these crimes nearly beggar belief. They go beyond rape, or gang rape, or even the execution of prisoners. As described by witnesses who survived, and confirmed by video and forensic evidence, Hamas’s attackers turned murder and torture into can-you-top-this sport...