Roughly five months after the massacre by Hamas on October 7, the United Nations released a report on Monday (March 4th) that found evidence of sexual violence in Israel. He also revealed that the hostages taken in Gaza had been raped and sexually tortured and that there was reason to believe that the abuse was continuing. Five months, reads Folha.

After an appalling period of UN silence on violence against Israeli women by Hamas terrorists during the October 7 pogrom, the organization finally acknowledged that there are “reasonable grounds to believe that conflict-related sexual violence […] including rape and gang rape”. The report also states that it is possible that Israeli hostages captured in the Gaza Strip will continue to be subjected to sexual violence, writes The Telegraph.

Pramila Patten, the special representative of the UN secretary-general, traveled in late January with a team to Israel and the West Bank to finally say what has already been said: Israeli women have been raped, some killed. Yes, Hamas engaged in necrophilia.

Experts reported that the victims were found undressed, tied up, with shots in various parts of the body and indicate a picture of violence, torture and abuse.

Findings of sexual barbarity were accompanied only by Palestinian claims of sexual abuse by settlers and members of the Israeli army.

“In other words, the same relevance is given to evidence and accusations that obviously cannot be ignored, but which are ignored in a war of narratives in which the woman is always the biggest loser,” Folha writes.

International organizations that protect women’s rights or organize campaigns against sexual violence in the context of conflicts have shown a strange reluctance to condemn the atrocities committed by Hamas, write British journalists.

“Of course, if you care about the treatment of women, you must condemn violent and criminal acts against them, regardless of who the perpetrator is. But, it is not known why, Israel is treated differently, even when it is “fairly” clear that its population has become the victim of terrible crimes,” The Telegraph assesses. (Rador Radio Romania)