One thing Israelis are still dealing with from the 7 October attacks is accusations of Palestinian fighters committing sexual violence against women.
Collecting evidence is really hard, and it’s upsetting that UN Women waited so long to say something about the terrible things Hamas did to Israelis.
Ruth Halperin Kaddari is a lawyer from Israel who fights for women’s rights. She was part of a UN group for 12 years that focused on stopping discrimination against women.
She said on BBC Radio 4 that she saw many people who were victims of sexual violence, including a paramedic who treated a woman who said she had been raped by four men.
Kaddari saw videos and photos of bodies in many places and is sure that rape happened.
She said that there must have been a plan to use sexual violence as a weapon of war because there are a lot of cases in a short time and in many places.
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Hamas accused of raping Israeli women
