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Gang rape, sexual slavery and torture: The notorious UN blacklist that now includes Israel

Alongside Hamas, the UN's sexual violence blacklist also includes Russia's forces in Ukraine, accused of raping POWs, the Houthis' Al-Zainabiyat women's unit, accused of torture, and Congo, where more than 90,000 sexual violence cases were reported in just nine months

Saar Haas | 06.01.26

Israel must investigate wartime allegations in order to protect IDF soldiers

Opinion: The ability to set limits on power, investigate suspicions and enforce the law is one of the things that distinguishes a murderous terrorist organization from the army of a democratic state

Tammy Caner | 05.31.26

UN risks credibility by seeking politics, not truth

Opinion: When the UN and global institutions are seen as seeking political balance over factual truth, they weaken not only Israel but trust in the entire system

Ayelet Razin Bet Or | 05.30.26

UN expected to blacklist Israel on sexual violence claims alongside Hamas

UN expected to add Israeli bodies, including the Israel Prison Service, to its blacklist of conflict-related sexual violence perpetrators alongside Hamas; Israel accuses Secretary-General António Guterres of political bias and will freeze ties with his office

Itamar Eichner | 05.28.26

הפגנת יהודים, ישראלים ולא יהודים מול משרדי הניו יורק טיימס במנהטן

'Part of a well-worn political playbook': New York Times defies Netanyahu libel threat

Newspaper rejects Israel’s threat to sue over a Kristof column alleging systematic sexual abuse of Palestinian detainees, calling it an attempt to silence reporting

Daniel Edelson, New York | 05.15.26

Oct. 7 sexual violence was ‘not random, but a real strategy,’ expert says

At Women of the State conference, Dr. Cochav Elkayam-Levy said Oct. 7 sexual violence was strategic, not random, stressing a forthcoming report; speakers also highlighted AI tools protecting survivors’ identities and enabling testimony from conflict zones where sexual violence is taboo.

Karina Stutland | 04.27.26

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

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

UN blacklists Hamas terrorists after verifying sexual violence in Oct. 7 massacre

UN secretary-general’s report adds Hamas to 'blacklist' of groups committing sexual violence in conflict, citing rapes, genital mutilation and abuse that Israel says continues against hostages

Itamar Eichner | 08.14.25

משפחות החטופים ונרצחים במיצג פסטיבל נובה ברעים

UN to blacklist Hamas for using sexual violence in war

After report exposed dozens of cases of rape, sexual assault and mutilation on Oct. 7 and against hostages, UN chief to add terror group to list of wartime sexual violence perpetrators; draft report also warns Israel may be listed

Itamar Eichner | 08.12.25

אילנה גריצווסקי בוועדה העוסקת בדו"ח פשעי המין של חמאס

'I remember the grubby hands stealing my soul,' former hostage tells lawmakers

Ilana Gritzewsky speaks to a Knesset committee about her captivity in Gaza as a victim of Hamas atrocities; says she will speak for those who cannot and asks where the promise of Israel as a society that cares for its citizens has gone

Sivan Hilaie | 07.14.25

Hamas systematically used sexual violence during and after Oct. 7, report shows

Nearly two years after the October 7 massacre, Dinah Project exposes systematic sexual violence by Hamas terrorists used deliberately as a weapon of war against civilians and hostages | Warning: Graphic content

Shira Kadri-Ovadia, Ron Crissy | 07.08.25

The intelligence failure to see gender-based violence as a weapon of war

Analysis: Israeli intelligence missed Hamas' use of sexual violence as a terror tactic on Oct. 7; military officials must rethink models to treat gender-based violence as strategic, not incidental—like a missile, but one that pierces not only walls, but identity

Lee Shpilrain Nahari | 04.24.25

חנה פרי מנירים ששרדה את שבי חמאס ושבנה רועי נרצח ב-7 באוקטובר ובנה נדב פופלוול נרצח בשבי חמאס

'Some testimonies we collect come with a trigger warning'

Award-winning director Talya Tibbon discusses her unique methodology recording October 7 testimonies, the harrowing accounts collected and the contrast between the comfortable life abroad and the horrors she documents

Anat Lev Adler | 01.31.25

צרפת ג'יזל פליקו לפני שנגזרו 20 שנות מאסר על דומיניק פליקו אונס

French man gets 20 year sentence for enlisting men to rape wife

All 51 defendants guilty on Thursday in a drugging-and-rape case that horrified the world and transformed the victim who says she hopes the enormous interest in her case will help other women who have suffered sexual abuse

Reuters | 12.19.24

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