Rape
Amit Soussana, taken captive by Hamas terrorists from her home in Kibbutz Kfar Aza on October 7, 2023 and released on November 30, 2023. (Courtesy via The Times of Israel)
April 7, 2026, 1:40 pm
Liking a post that calls Oct. 7 rape a ‘hoax’ isn’t free speech. It is complicity.
When someone endorses a post calling this evidence “fabricated,” they are not just exercising harmless free expression. They are gaslighting survivors like Amit, Romi and Ilana.
By Ayelet Razin Bet Or
The site of the Nova music festival in southern Israel, where 364 people were slaughtered on Oct. 7, 2023, by Hamas and Palestinian terrorists who infiltrated the border with the Gaza Strip, Sept. 24, 2024. (Photo by Israel Hadari/Flash90 via JNS)
July 9, 2025, 10:40 am
Hamas sexual violence on Oct. 7 was ‘widespread and systematic’
The Dinah Project is the most comprehensive report on sexual crimes committed by Hamas terrorists with first-hand accounts of the horrors.
By JNS Staff
Hamas shooting into bomb shelter near Nova Festival Oct. 7 2023 (Dashcam, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
July 26, 2024, 10:44 am
Male survivor of Oct. 7 describes experiencing ‘a very difficult rape’
“A lot of showers, to get all that energy off me, everything that happened,” the victim said as he tries to recover.
Sheryl Sandberg at a memorial at the site of the Nova Music Festival (Still from film)
June 23, 2024, 2:56 pm
Local organizations unite for powerful screening of ‘Screams Before Silence’
Hamas’ premeditated use of sexual violence on Oct. 7 is well-documented, but there are still those who say it didn’t happen. This film puts any doubts to rest.
By Toby Tabachnick
A screenshot from an IDF interrogation video of captured Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist Manar Qassem, who confesses to raping an Israeli woman in the October 7 attack, March 28, 2024. (Screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law, via The Times of Israel)
March 28, 2024, 2:30 pm
In interrogation clip, terrorist confesses to raping Israeli woman on Oct. 7
IDF says footage is ‘further proof of the onslaught of murder and sexual violence by terrorist organizations’ during rampage in southern Israel
By Emanuel Fabian
The Permanent Mission of Israel to the United Nations on Dec. 4 held a special session on sexual violence committed by Hamas during the terror attacks on Oct. 7 (Jackie Hajdenberg)
March 6, 2024, 2:32 pm
UN report validates ‘clear and convincing’ allegations of Hamas sexual violence
The report was written based on dozens of interviews, visits to the sites of Oct. 7 massacres and consultations with Israeli investigative and law enforcement bodies.
By Ron Kampeas
NCJW CEO Sheila Katz speaks at the "Hear Our Voices" session at the U.N. (Photo by Perry Bindelglass)
December 11, 2023, 3:11 pm
Sexual violence perpetrated by Hamas must be condemned, Jewish feminists say
NCJW's Sheila Katz: “At the end of the day, rape is rape. You’re either against it or you’re not. And you are either against antisemitism or you are not."
By Toby Tabachnick
Yeshiva University's Stern College for Women, on 34th and Lexington. The all-male campus counterpart is in Morningside Heights. (Julia Gergely)
March 29, 2022, 3:32 pm
Rape allegation at Yeshiva University stirs reforms — and skepticism
A student claimed she was raped by one of YU's basketball players, whom she didn’t name — and that she and her alleged rapist were asked by the school to sign nondisclosure agreements.
By Julia Gergely
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