A new report from the Dinah Project, a legal initiative led by Professor Ruth Halperin-Kadari from Bar Ilan University, revealed that the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas systematically used sexual violence as a war tactic during the October 7, 2023, attack in Israel.
Based on dozens of testimonies from victims, witnesses, rescuers, and psychologists, the document denounces a series of sexual crimes that, according to the report, were not isolated incidents but part of a premeditated and organized pattern.
The study documents cases of gang rapes, genital mutilations, forced nudity, sexual harassment, post-mortem assaults, and hostages sexually assaulted in captivity.
At least six locations were identified where sexual attacks were systematic: the Nova music festival, Route 232, the Nahal Oz military base, and the kibbutzim Kfar Aza, Re’im, and Nir Oz. In all of them, investigators found evidence of planning and coordination by the terrorists.
