#Israeli officials have obstructed a UN investigation into alleged sexual crimes committed by Hamas fighters during the 7 October 2023 Al-Aqsa Flood operation, fearing this would open the door to a probe into the rampant allegations of sexual violence against Palestinians inside Israeli torture camps.

According to a report by Israeli daily Haaretz, Tel Aviv rejected a request from Pramila Patten, the #UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on #SexualViolence in Conflict, to investigate the allegations against #Hamas after she established that a necessary condition would be access to Israeli detention centers to probe claims against Israeli soldiers.

Nevertheless, since the start of the Israeli genocide in #Gaza, #humanrights organizations have documented dozens of accounts of the rampant sexual violence inflicted on #Palestinians inside Israeli detention centers.

And now the real face of #zionazis: On 27 August, Channel 14 hosted one of the Sde Teiman guards accused of raping Palestinians on one of its programs. The soldier stated, “The military police treated us really nice... You see the support … With a hand on their heart, like, telling you ‘thank you’!”
https://thecradle.co/articles-id/28389
#IsraelWarCrimes #IsraelTerroristState #warcrimes #prisons @palestine @israel

Israeli Kan 11:
All the soldiers arrested in the case involving the rape of a #Palestinian detainee at Sde Teiman prison were released to house arrest.
#sexualassault #sexualviolence #sexualabuse #IsraelTerroristState #IsraelWarCrimes #israel #prisoners

New on our blog!

Crushing the “Ideal Victim”

#Gender #InternationalCriminalLaw #Palestine #SexualViolence

https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/crushing-the-ideal-victim/

On Wednesday, a UN commission of inquiry investigating #WarCrimes on both sides of the #Israel-#Hamas conflict said it would focus on gathering evidence of #SexualViolence in the October 7 attacks.

#MeToo, for Israeli victims too: #Gaza war drives wedge between French feminists
https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20231204-metoo-for-israeli-victims-too-gaza-war-drives-wedge-between-french-feminists

The lack of a synchronised collection system could mean that a full accounting of the violence would never be reached, and could hinder attempts at justice in international legal forums, the paper said, referencing by way of comparison the painstaking work undertaken by the Ukrainian prosecutor general’s office in documenting Russian #WarCrimes. #Russia #Ukraine

#Israel women’s groups warn of failure to keep evidence of #SexualViolence in #Hamas attacks
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/10/israel-womens-groups-warn-of-failure-to-keep-evidence-of-sexual-violence-in-hamas-attacks