Overview

• Survivors of the October 7 Hamas attack in Israel, including at the Supernova music festival, have come forward with testimonies of horrific sexual violence, including gang rapes and beheadings.
• Yoni Saadon, a survivor, recounts witnessing a woman being raped by eight to ten Hamas fighters before being shot in the head, and another woman being beheaded with a shovel.
• Initial investigations into the sexual violence were hampered due to the lack of physical evidence and the challenges of collecting evidence in an active warzone.
• Despite these challenges, Israeli police are building cases against Hamas terrorists who participated in the sexual assaults, with the goal of trying them for rape.
• The United Nations has also launched an inquiry into the sexual violence Hamas is accused of committing during the October 7 attack.