Sexual violence

Civil Commission Chair presents Oct. 7 sexual violence report to UN, calls for recognition

The report, Silenced No More, was prepared with the cooperation of leading international experts in international law and human rights.

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Dr. Elkayam-Levy presents 'Silenced No More,' a report on the sexual violence perpetrated during the October 7 massacre and in captivity to the UN. June 26, 2026.
BATOUL SULEIMAN Alloush.

Syria’s missing women: What really happened to Batoul Alloush? - exclusive

Syrian authorities have maintained that the woman voluntarily left her family home and converted of her own free will. Her family, however, contends that she was abducted and is being held by force.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
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.

When institutions lose trust, who earns it? - opinion

When the truth itself is disputed, evidence becomes more than documentation; it becomes the foundation of public trust.

|ByMERAV ISRAELI-AMARANT
INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT Prosecutor Karim Khan speaks in Caracas, Venezuela, earlier this year. This week, he faces charges over accusations he made against Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, says the writer.

ICC bureau says prosecutor Khan should be fired for 'non-consensual sexual contact'

The decision by the executive bureau of the ICC's governing body will inform a vote on his fate by the ICC's 125-member Assembly of States Parties in New York on July 24.

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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.