Comprehensive report just released on the use of sexual violence on Oct 7

[Richard D]

TEL AVIV, Israel — An Israeli report released Tuesday said that Hamas used sexual violence as a “tactical weapon of war” in its Oct. 7, 2023, attacks, building on other investigations by international and Israeli rights groups and the United Nations.
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The report by the Dinah Project, a team of legal and gender experts, based its findings on survivor and witness testimonies, accounts from first responders, and forensic, visual and audio evidence. It called for a shift in how conflict-related sexual violence is prosecuted, saying Hamas silenced its victims by killing them, robbing investigators of key evidence.

“Most victims were permanently silenced — either murdered during or after the assaults or remain too traumatized to talk — creating unique evidentiary challenges,” the report said, calling for a more tailored legal approach.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/08/israel-hamas-gaza-sexual-violence-weapon-war/1d21d70e-5bed-11f0-a293-d4cc0ca28e5a_story.html

The full report can be read here: https://thedinahproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/The-Dinah-Project-full-report-A4-pages_web-1.pdf

[stopdiggin]

1. Pigs.

Or, in the Arabic sphere - dogs.

( but, oh yes - let's do the little 'freedom fighter' thing at least one more time! )

[Deep State Witch]

2. How People Can Defend HAMAS

Is beyond me. Especially on DU. This isn't a "good guys/bad guys" situation, like Ukraine/Russia. Both sides have blood on their hands. Sorry if it's not the popular opinion.

[lostincalifornia]

3. Democracy Now is notorious for that garbage with Jeremy Scahill one of the leading Hamas apologist on that,

even going up to the point of almost "justifying" what happened on October 7.

He identifies himself as a "journalist", but make no mistake about it, he an activist, not a journalist, and his direct interviews with Hamas, taking their explanations as "gospel", speaks volumes about his objectivity.

[Richard D]

4. I used to...

... Really love that program. No more. Hamas apologists are many levels below pond scum, IMNVHO.

[Richard D]

5. The tragedy of Democracy Now

Is that they were a source of relative sanity in the past. So many people learned to trust them. When they went full antisemitic, that was absorbed by many as part of their trust.

[lostincalifornia]

6. The one-side reporting, and willful exclusion of any opposing point of view only highlights what it has become IMHO