# Hamas militants and other Palestinian armed groups raped, assaulted and sexually tortured their victims during and after the October 7, 2023, terror attack on southern Israel. This is according to a new report by the Civil Commission, which draws on 430 filmed interviews with survivors and witnesses, more than ten-thousand photographs and videos filmed by attackers. Lead author and human rights expert Cochav Elkayam-Levy says rapes, sexual assault and sexual torture were intended to maximise pain and suffering. She describes the attacks as the weaponisation of sexual violence.
Report details systematic, widespread sexual violence by Hamas