{"id":18317,"date":"2026-05-14T21:02:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T21:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/?p=18317"},"modified":"2026-05-14T21:02:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T21:02:04","slug":"new-report-details-allegations-of-sexual-violence-during-oct-7-attacks-investigators-say-victims-were-subjected-to-acts-described-as-systematic-and-deeply-disturb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/?p=18317","title":{"rendered":"NEW REPORT DETAILS ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE DURING OCT. 7 ATTACKS \u2014 Investigators say victims were subjected to acts described as \u201csystematic\u201d and \u201cdeeply disturbing,\u201d with witnesses and evidence painting a harrowing picture of the violence carried out during the attacks. The findings are now renewing international debate over accountability, documentation of wartime atrocities, and the long-term trauma faced by survivors and victims\u2019 families."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The full scope of Hamas\u2019 sexual depravity was laid bare by a damning new investigation into the terror group\u2019s behavior on Oct. 7 \u2014 including harrowing firsthand accounts describing Hamas \u201canimals\u201d laughing with glee as they raped men and women alike, then summarily executed them.<\/p>\n<p>Survivors of the 2023 massacre that left nearly 2,000 dead in Israel described watching people being snatched up by packs of Hamas terrorists, who \u201ccelebrated\u201d while stripping women naked and assaulting them as they begged for their lives.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThere was laughter. There were jokes. They were passing them from one to another. It wasn\u2019t \u2014 it was done for fun,\u201d one survivor of the massacre at the Nova festival told the Civil Commission on October 7 Crimes by Hamas against Women and Children, an Israeli non-profit that spent two years investigating sexual abuses committed that fateful day.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\">\n<div class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image__wrapper\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-39368646\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/harrowing-video-released-wednesday-shows-82431705_5e61c5.jpg?w=1024\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/harrowing-video-released-wednesday-shows-82431705_5e61c5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 2544w, 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https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/harrowing-video-released-wednesday-shows-82431705_5e61c5.jpg?resize=50,28&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 50w\" alt=\"Israeli female soldiers, some with visible injuries, are being held captive by Hamas terrorists.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"573\" \/><\/div><figcaption>Hamas terrorists commented on the appearances of women they were taking captive from Israel on Oct. 7.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThey were celebrating there. They were really, really celebrating with this,\u201d the survivor added. \u201cThis is not rape as it is usually understood. I don\u2019t know what \u2018regular rape\u2019 is, but what was heard there was not that.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-5\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI heard one rape where they were passing her around. She was probably injured, judging by her screams \u2014 screams you have never heard anywhere. It\u2019s between silence and screams, between pain and wanting to die,\u201d the survivor continued. \u201cAfter one finished, he told another to go up \u2018Ta\u2019al\u2019, like, \u2018To the next one.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--more inline-module--trending inline-module--more--thirds\" data-source-unit=\"Explore More - Trending\">\n<p>\u201cAnd after they finished, they shot her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That was just one of numerous firsthand accounts of Hamas\u2019 atrocities found in the report, which was released Tuesday and described in excruciating detail what was done to innocent civilians at the likes of the Nova festival, across Israeli kibbutzs where families were pulled from bed and raped, and in the tunnels and apartments across Gaza where hostages were terrorized for months.<\/p>\n<p>More than 430 people were interviewed during the investigation and thousands of images were examined, with the report finding widespread weaponization of sexual terror by Hamas. One of the most egregious was an instance of family members being forced to perform sexual acts on each other.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\">\n<div class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image__wrapper\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-39368657\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/2023-militant-hamas-rulers-gaza-127664927.jpg?w=1024\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 885px) 100vw, 885px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/2023-militant-hamas-rulers-gaza-127664927.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 5760w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/2023-militant-hamas-rulers-gaza-127664927.jpg?resize=300,200&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/2023-militant-hamas-rulers-gaza-127664927.jpg?resize=768,512&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 768w, 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https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/2023-militant-hamas-rulers-gaza-127664927.jpg?resize=90,60&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 90w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/2023-militant-hamas-rulers-gaza-127664927.jpg?resize=120,80&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 120w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/2023-militant-hamas-rulers-gaza-127664927.jpg?resize=1200,800&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/2023-militant-hamas-rulers-gaza-127664927.jpg?resize=1038,692&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 1038w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/2023-militant-hamas-rulers-gaza-127664927.jpg?resize=87,58&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 87w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/2023-militant-hamas-rulers-gaza-127664927.jpg?resize=50,33&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 50w\" alt=\"Palestinian militants transport the body of Shani Louk in the back of a pick-up truck.\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" \/><\/div><figcaption>Nova festival survivors witnessed widespread acts of vicious rape and sexual torture during the Oct. 7 massacre.\u00a0<span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In some disturbing attacks, women were hacked apart with knives while they were being raped \u2014 and executed with shots to the head while their attackers were \u201cstill inside\u201d them, one witness told the commission.<\/p>\n<p>Women were largely targeted, but men were also subjected to sexual terror.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe went through abuse of every kind. They spat in our faces, humiliated us, said things about Jews,\u201d one male survivor at Nova said. \u201cThey injured my genitalia. I was beaten with a belt, they also laughed at me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of them took out a knife and started laughing about different things. I told him I was sorry and begged him to leave me alone. I don\u2019t know what they took before they did this, they were like animals,\u201d he said. \u201cThere were several of them, and they genuinely enjoyed it. They laughed, they were really pleased, as if I was their sex doll.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were no boundaries. I was completely naked. They did whatever they wanted to me. You feel dirty all the time,\u201d he added. \u201cToday, I shower a thousand times a day, and I still feel disgust and filth. I never returned to myself physically.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\">\n<div class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image__wrapper\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-39368652\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/2023-hamas-terror-attack-israel-79038545_394f8b.jpg?w=637\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/2023-hamas-terror-attack-israel-79038545_394f8b.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 838w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/2023-hamas-terror-attack-israel-79038545_394f8b.jpg?resize=186,300&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 186w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/2023-hamas-terror-attack-israel-79038545_394f8b.jpg?resize=768,1235&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 768w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/2023-hamas-terror-attack-israel-79038545_394f8b.jpg?resize=637,1024&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 637w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/2023-hamas-terror-attack-israel-79038545_394f8b.jpg?resize=373,600&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 373w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/2023-hamas-terror-attack-israel-79038545_394f8b.jpg?resize=366,589&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 366w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/2023-hamas-terror-attack-israel-79038545_394f8b.jpg?resize=308,496&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 308w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/2023-hamas-terror-attack-israel-79038545_394f8b.jpg?resize=400,644&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/2023-hamas-terror-attack-israel-79038545_394f8b.jpg?resize=305,491&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 305w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/2023-hamas-terror-attack-israel-79038545_394f8b.jpg?resize=175,282&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 175w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/2023-hamas-terror-attack-israel-79038545_394f8b.jpg?resize=128,206&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 128w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/2023-hamas-terror-attack-israel-79038545_394f8b.jpg?resize=44,70&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 44w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/2023-hamas-terror-attack-israel-79038545_394f8b.jpg?resize=25,40&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 25w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/2023-hamas-terror-attack-israel-79038545_394f8b.jpg?resize=34,54&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 34w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/2023-hamas-terror-attack-israel-79038545_394f8b.jpg?resize=124,200&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 124w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/2023-hamas-terror-attack-israel-79038545_394f8b.jpg?resize=231,372&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 231w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/2023-hamas-terror-attack-israel-79038545_394f8b.jpg?resize=322,518&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 322w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/2023-hamas-terror-attack-israel-79038545_394f8b.jpg?resize=300,483&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/2023-hamas-terror-attack-israel-79038545_394f8b.jpg?resize=274,441&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 274w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/2023-hamas-terror-attack-israel-79038545_394f8b.jpg?resize=37,60&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 37w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/2023-hamas-terror-attack-israel-79038545_394f8b.jpg?resize=50,80&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 50w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/2023-hamas-terror-attack-israel-79038545_394f8b.jpg?resize=36,58&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 36w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/2023-hamas-terror-attack-israel-79038545_394f8b.jpg?resize=97,156&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 97w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/2023-hamas-terror-attack-israel-79038545_394f8b.jpg?resize=31,50&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 31w\" alt=\"Naama Levy, with her hands tied behind her back and blood on her clothing, being shoved into a vehicle by a man wearing tactical gear.\" width=\"367\" height=\"590\" \/><\/div><figcaption>A bloodied woman being hauled away on Oct. 7.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And anybody who tried to fight back was simply killed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe saw two Hamas fighters attacking a female victim who they had \u2018caught near a car,\u2019\u201d the report said of one witness at Nova. \u201cHe stated that she was fighting back and not allowing them to strip her. They threw her on the ground and one of the fighters took a shovel and beheaded her, and her head rolled along the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kibbutz homes were found with similar scenes of sexual abuse, with the naked bodies of women \u2014 often mutilated, with genitalia burned off, shot, or raped with sharp objects like nails and glass \u2014 found discarded about homes and yards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we went inside, there was a hospital bed and a body\u2026 I understood that it was a woman,\u201d said one person who searched the Be\u2019eri kibbutz on Oct. 9. \u201cIn the room were knives, scalpels, a hammer, an axe, screwdrivers, tools, tools from the household. All of those were embedded in the body. 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bodies displayed visible signs of torture, including burning, mutilated genitals, breasts and faces,\u201d it continued. \u201cSome of the female bodies that arrived at morgues had broken pelvises and\/or legs, bloodied underwear, gunshot wounds to the genitalia and other intimate areas, and other signs of violence to their stomachs or groins.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And hostages taken into Gaza also endured rape, with women recounting being assaulted by their captors or being threatened with marriage and bearing children for their captors, while men were routinely forced to strip naked and shave all the hair from their bodies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a \u2018normal case\u2019 after a sexual assault, you go home. You shower. You cry. But there, you have to\u2026 you\u2019re still there,\u201d said Amit Soussana, who was raped by her captor. \u201cYou can\u2019t shower. You can\u2019t cry. Crying is forbidden. And, there\u2019s no one to comfort you. You have to face it all alone. And not only that, you also have to be nice to him.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The full scope of Hamas\u2019 sexual depravity was laid bare by a damning new investigation into the terror group\u2019s behavior on Oct. 7 \u2014 including harrowing firsthand&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18318,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18317"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18320,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18317\/revisions\/18320"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}