Sexual violence

'Vast and systematic': Israel's First Lady Michal Herzog breaks silence on Hamas sexual violence

Michal Herzog speaks out on denial, antisemitism, and the global reckoning over Hamas’s use of sexual violence

|ByRUTH MARKS EGLASH
Israel's First Lady Michal Herzog has used her global platform to confront denial and keep the issue of Hamas’s systematic sexual violence on the international agenda since October 7.
DR. COCHAV ELKAYAM-LEVY, head, Civil Commission on Crimes on Oct. 7 by Hamas Against Women and Children.

Bearing witness: Inside the two-year investigation into October 7 atrocities

A two-year investigation reveals the systematic terror inflicted by Hamas – preserving survivor voices and demanding accountability

|ByCOCHAV ELKAYAM-LEVY
Members of the Delhi Police S.W.A.T (Special Weapons and Tactics) team participate in a mock drill exercise conducted by the Delhi Police, in New Delhi, India May 16, 2025.

Men sentenced to death for gang-rape of Israeli tourist, murder of local man in India

The men were convicted of gang rape, murder, attempt to murder, robbery, and extortion, with the court ordering imprisonment "till their last breath."

|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN
Jeffrey Epstein is seen in this image released by the Department of Justice in Washington, DC, US, on December 19, 2025

Latvia launches human trafficking probe after Epstein Files included Latvian models' information

Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics called for the investigation after it was reported the Epstein documents included passport data and travel details for several Latvian women.

|ByREUTERS

Jewish, Israeli rights groups urge UN to recognize Hamas’s systematic sexual violence

The organizations warned of what they described as growing efforts from the UN to deny Hamas’s weaponization of sexual violence against the hostages abducted during the October 7, 2023, massacre.

DECEMBER 3, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
ISRAELI WOMEN protest outside UN Headquarters in Jerusalem, in November. Finally, yet months too late, a UN team investigating the sexual violence against women in Israel on October 7 found “reasonable grounds” to believe that such violence did indeed occur.

Iranian authorities publicly execute man who raped pregnant woman, her friend at knifepoint

The unnamed man was killed in the town of Bastam following a guilty verdict by the Supreme Court.

DECEMBER 1, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The first mural, featuring Mahsa Amini and other martyrs, was a bold declaration of solidarity with the women of Iran.

'Goal was to crush my dignity': Former hostage Rom Braslavski says PIJ sexually assaulted him

"It was sexual violence, and its main purpose was to humiliate me," Braslavski said. "The goal was to crush my dignity. And that's exactly what he did."

NOVEMBER 5, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Released Israeli hostage, Rom Braslavski, held in Gaza since the deadly October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas, is reunited with loved ones after being released, as part of a prisoner-hostage swap and a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, in Reim, Israel October 13, 2025.

Two years since the October 7 massacre and the trauma is far from over - opinion

The calculated sadism inflicted on women and men, soldiers and civilians, young and old, an entire communities was unprecedented. Sexual violence was an intentional component of the enemy strategy.

OCTOBER 8, 2025ByORIT SULITZEANU
Demonstrators hold signs against what they describe as international silence over sexual violence perpetrated against Israeli women during the attack by Hamas on southern Israel on October 7, at a protest in Jerusalem, November 27, 2023.