Joe Brunoli
2 min readMay 9, 2024

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Actually, there is no proof or evidence that sexual violence was used by Hamas. The UN report you link to is not investigative, and that is why the UN has refused to add Hamas to the Sexual Violence "blacklist"

https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-fumes-as-un-secretay-general-leaves-hamas-off-sexual-violence-blacklist/

Pramila Patten's "report" was just a compendium of hearsay evidence, and the report itself never claims to have found any "evidence" or "proof". Patten merely says she found "convincing information". That is why the report is of no use officially or legally.

In fact, 7 months on, we still have no forensic evidence of rape committed by Hamas: no credible eye witness testimony; no forensic evidence of rape from the bodies recovered.

In fact:

"The government of Israel’s entire case for mass rape is built on two allegations: a source known as “Witness S.,” or Sapir, put forward by the police, and an Israel Defence Forces (IDF) special forces soldier, Raz Cohen. The soldier has changed his story numerous times, making it suspect, while Sapir’s account is so fantastical as to defy belief, as explained below."

Here is the link:

https://www.yesmagazine.org/social-justice/2024/03/05/israel-hamas-oct7-report-gaza

Also a Haaretz article:

"However, at Shura Base, to which most of the bodies were taken for purposes of identification, there were five forensic pathologists at work. In that capacity, they also examined bodies that arrived completely or partially naked in order to examine the possibility of rape. According to a source knowledgeable about the details, there were no signs on any of those bodies attesting to sexual relations having taken place or of mutilation of genitalia."

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-04-18/ty-article-magazine/witnesses-confessions-naked-dead-bodies-all-the-evidence-of-hamas-rape-on-oct-7/0000018e-f114-d92e-abfe-f77f7e3f0000

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