Hamas' Sexual Violence Against Women: Israel and Women's Rights Groups Demand U.N. Investigation

The BBC has obtained evidence of rape, sexual violence, and mutilation of women during the Hamas attacks in Gaza on 7 October. Witnesses and video testimonies describe gang rapes, mutilation, and executions of victims. Videos and photographs suggest that women were specifically targeted by their attackers. Survivors' accounts and evidence from body-collectors and morgue staff reveal the horrifying extent of the sexual violence. The Israeli police have multiple eyewitness accounts of sexual assault, and some survivors are receiving psychiatric treatment. The evidence points to a systematic and premeditated campaign of sexual violence, constituting crimes against humanity.