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Rabbinical courts adopt first protocol to protect sexual assault and domestic violence survivors

New rules mandate separate waiting areas, escorts and minimal contact with alleged offenders during testimony after years without uniform safeguards

Shilo Freid | 02.15.26

Neil Gaiman denies sexual assault allegations, says claims are part of a 'smear campaign'

Jewish British author denies nearly two-year-old allegations, calling them a smear campaign that ignored evidence; says time out of spotlight let him focus on writing, fatherhood and faith that the truth would eventually come to light

ynet | 02.03.26

French senator convicted of 'accidentally' slipping ecstasy into lawmaker’s champagne

Another sexual assault case is roiling France after Sen. Joël Guerriau was convicted of slipping MDMA into champagne he served fellow lawmaker Sandrine Josso during an election celebration, a court ruling he intended to rape her

ynet, News Agencies | 01.28.26

Reservist charged with raping young female soldier at guard post

According to the indictment, a reservist met the 19-year-old soldier while driving her to duty, later assaulted and raped her at a remote post; his lawyers claim it was consensual; the IDF says it will act with zero tolerance

Yoav Zitun | 01.28.26

A female protester being attacked by paramilitary forces

Eyewitness says IRGC members attempted to rape a teenage protester

An eyewitness in Varamin says IRGC and Basij forces attacked a teenage female protester on Jan. 9, attempting sexual assault before residents intervened, amid growing reports of rape and abuse of protesters across Iran

Omid Habibinia | 01.26.26

IDF reservist convicted in large-scale online child sexual abuse case | Content warning

Uri Alfi, from Mazkeret Batya, admitted that he posed as a woman on social media and used technological tools to manipulate fathers into sexually abusing their own children and sending him recordings of the acts

Roi Rubinstein | 01.21.26

Julio Iglesias faces sexual assault allegations from ex-staff: 'He used me almost every night'

Two former employees accused the Spanish singer of sexual assault and severe harassment while working at his estates, describing an atmosphere of control and exploitation: 'I felt like a slave, he normalized abuse'; Iglesias has yet to respond

ynet | 01.14.26

Queen Camilla speaks out for first time about sexual assault as a teen: 'I fought back'

Queen Camilla has spoken publicly for the first time about being sexually assaulted on a train as a teenager 60 years ago, saying she fought back and chose to share her story to raise awareness about violence against women

Omer Daniel | 12.31.25

In post-Assad Syria’s chaos, Alawite women endure kidnappings, sexual violence

Alawite women in coastal Syria report abductions and rape since Assad’s fall; rights groups cite Sunni extremists and foreign fighters, while victims say the new government response is weak and a state panel has dismissed most reports

Associated Press | 12.10.25

Third released hostage says he was sexually abused during Gaza captivity

Alon Ohel, freed after 738 days in Hamas tunnels, describes sexual abuse when held alone; his account follows similar testimonies from two other former hostages, adding to mounting evidence of systematic mistreatment in captivity

ynet | 12.01.25

Former hostage Guy Gilboa Dalal details repeated sexual abuse by Hamas captors | Content warning

Gilboa Dalal says that Hamas terrorists subjected him to repeated abuse, threats and humiliation during his captivity in Gaza; he said he feared the assaults would escalate and kept silent after being threatened with death

ynet | 11.22.25

Fugitive wanted in US for child sex crimes arrested in Jerusalem

Mordechai Yomtov, a former teacher wanted for extradition to the US on child sex abuse charges, nabbed in capital's Tel Arza neigborhood; convicted in 2001 for assaulting boys aged 8 to 10, he fled to Israel with a fake passport in 2002 after violating parole

ynet | 11.20.25

‘This is forbidden in Islam,’ I said—‘Tell anyone and I’ll kill you,’ he replied: Freed hostage reveals sexual assault in Gaza

Guy Gilboa Dalal, held in Gaza for two years before his release in the latest hostage deal, recounts in a TV interview how a captor dragged him from the shower, assaulted him and threatened to kill him if he told anyone

ynet | 11.19.25

Former hostage reveals sexual abuse during 738 days of captivity in Gaza

Rom Braslavski, kidnapped from the Nova festival and held by Islamic Jihad, says captors stripped and tied him naked to humiliate him; 'It was the most horrific thing. It's something even the Nazis didn't do,' he says

ynet | 11.05.25

Two years after Oct. 7, groups renew call to document sexual violence by Hamas

Organizations warn that what has been revealed so far represents only a fraction of the full picture

Shira Kadri-Ovadia | 10.22.25

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