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December 6, 2023

Advocates Condemn Lack of Attention to Sexual Assault Accusations Against Hamas
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The U.N. on Monday heard accounts of sexual assaults during Hamas's
October 7 attack on Israel. Speakers criticized the U.N. and others for
failing to promptly investigate and condemn sexual crimes. Former
Facebook executive Sheryl Sandberg, who helped organize the event, was a
key speaker. Hillary Clinton sent in videotaped remarks. President Biden
on Tuesday condemned Hamas for the alleged attacks, which the group has
denied. The nonprofit Physicians for Human Rights-Israel last month
released a report detailing survivor accounts of sexual assaults, which
it said were "widespread" on October 7. This is Orit Soliciano, head of
Israel's Association of Rape Crisis Centers.

Orit Soliciano: "Most of the people, I assume, that have passed this
kind of terror are dead, because they were shot. There are - there is
information from people who saw what happened, but everybody should
understand: There should not be any anticipation that the survivors will
come and speak out loud with their face. It's not like #Me Too. This is
a horrible and different thing."



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