Sexual and gender-based violence against Palestinians during the Israel–Hamas war
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During the 2023–24 Israel–Hamas war, Palestinian women and girls have reportedly faced wartime sexual violence from the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers. Two Palestinian women reported being raped by male Israeli soldiers while in prison.[1]
The IDF has been accused of committing acts of gender-based violence, war crimes and crimes against humanity in keeping with the recognition of the International Criminal Court (ICC) that sexual violence is a war crime and a crime against humanity.
It has been alleged that both female and male Palestinians have been subjected to sexual violence and torture by IDF soldiers, with at least one reported case of a Palestinian prisoner dying while being sexually assaulted by Israeli soldiers.[2]
The UN has condemned the alleged acts of rape and sexual violence by the IDF.