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Hamas forced sex between family members as part of Oct. 7 torture campaign, probe finds: ‘You hear the screams’

Nypost · · 471 words · By Alex Oliveira
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8 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Hamas waged a widespread campaign of rape during the Oct. 7 massacre”
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Multiple independent sources, including the BBC and reports on systematic sexual violence, confirm that rape and sexual violence occurred during the October 7 attacks, although Hamas denies the allegations.
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web search NEUTRAL — Hamas raped and mutilated women on 7 October, BBC hears. In the immediate aftermath of the assault, some initial accounts of terrible violence shared by Israeli officials turned out to be false.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgz9k7pzggo
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web search NEUTRAL — 7 Attacks on Israel. Israel has accused Hamas of committing abuses against large numbers of women. Hamas denies the allegations.Many activists say that too little credence has been given to what they …
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/04/world/middleeast/oct-7-at…
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web search NEUTRAL — Homes destroyed during the October 7th Hamas attacks against Kibbutz Kfar Aza in southern Israel. Christopher Furlong/Getty Images. The team has spent more than two years painstakingly gathering, revi…
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/12/middleeast/report-sexual-viol…
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“the Israeli non-profit Civil Commission on October 7 Crimes by Hamas against Women and Children unearthing over 10,000 photos and nearly 2,000 hours of footage of the atrocities”
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While multiple search results mention the existence of the Civil Commission's report and its goal to document atrocities, the specific numbers (10,000 photos and 2,000 hours of footage) are not explicitly corroborated by independent third-party sources in the provided evidence; they appear to be claims from the commission's own report.
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web search NEUTRAL — Civil Commission says Hamas and its collaborators weaponized bodies, families, and digital platforms during massacre and captivity. View of the damage caused by Hezbollah in Kibbutz Manara, on the Isr…
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-895838
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web search NEUTRAL — In my explainer, I examine how the Civil Commission on October 7th Crimes by Hamas Against Women and Children tried to document one of the most difficult and painful questions surrounding the Hamas-le…
https://themedialine.org/mideast-daily-news/october-7-report…
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web search NEUTRAL — The 300‑page report by the Civil Commission on October 7th Crimes by Hamas against Women and Children builds on prior investigations, to determine the full scale of sexual violence perpetrated during …
https://www.ewn.co.za/2026/05/12/israeli-report-accuses-hama…
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“Over 430 witnesses were also interviewed”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of dictionary definitions of the word 'civil' and does not contain any information regarding the number of witnesses interviewed by the commission.
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web search NEUTRAL — We define civil disobedience as "refusal to obey governmental demands or commands especially as a nonviolent and usually collective means of forcing concessions from the government."
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/civil
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web search NEUTRAL — CIVIL definition: 1. not military or religious, but relating to the ordinary people of a country: 2. relating to…. Learn more.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/civil
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web search NEUTRAL — CIVIL definition: of, relating to, or consisting of citizens. See examples of civil used in a sentence.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/civil
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“Nearly 2,000 people were killed when Hamas swarmed into Israel on Oct. 7, 2023”
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Different sources provide different death tolls: one source says 'about 1,200', another says '1,139'. The claim of 'nearly 2,000' is significantly higher than the figures provided in the gathered evidence.
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web search NEUTRAL — Hamas’s incursion into Israel on October 7 transformed the politics of the Middle East.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0atzea-mPY
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web search NEUTRAL — On 7 October 2023 it attacked Israel, killing about 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages. This triggered a massive Israeli military offensive in Gaza, which has killed tens of thousands of Palestinian…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyv7w3gdy2o
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web search NEUTRAL — Israel’s assault on Gaza began on October 7, 2023, in response to attacks on southern Israel by fighters from the Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, and other Palestinian groups, during which 1…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/7/two-years-of-israel…
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“more than 250 people taken hostage into the Gaza Strip”
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Multiple sources confirm the taking of hostages, with figures cited around 251 and 240, supporting the claim that more than 240 (and approximately 250) were taken.
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web search NEUTRAL — Almost half of the hostages were foreign nationals or had multiple citizenships, and some hostages were Negev Bedouins. The hostages were held in different locations in the Gaza Strip.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_war_hostage_crisis
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web search NEUTRAL — On 7 October 2023 it attacked Israel, killing about 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages. This triggered a massive Israeli military offensive in Gaza, which has killed tens of thousands of Palestinian…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyv7w3gdy2o
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web search NEUTRAL — Hamas’s incursion into Israel on October 7 transformed the politics of the Middle East. Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit (I-Unit) has carried out a forensic a...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0atzea-mPY
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“Men, boys and the elderly were also victims of rape and other sex crimes at the hands of Hamas”
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Evidence from Wikipedia and other reports mentions gender-based violence and accusations by the ICC prosecutor regarding rape and sexual violence, which encompasses a broader range of victims beyond just women.
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web search NEUTRAL — The militants involved in the attack are accused of having committed acts of gender-based violence, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. Hamas has denied that its fighters committed any sexual ass…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_and_gender-based_violen…
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web search NEUTRAL — More than 250 men, women, children, and elderly people were violently kidnapped and taken to Gaza, where many remain until today. This website - Hamas Massacre - includes graphic videos and images doc…
https://www.hamas-massacre.net/
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web search NEUTRAL — And before they were assassinated by Israel, three top Hamas leaders were also accused by the International Criminal Court's prosecutor of the crimes against humanity of rape and other forms of sexual…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1mz8gxzg82o
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“family members held captive together being forced to commit sexual acts on each other”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to support or refute this specific claim.
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“Hamas’ behavior constituted war crimes, crimes against humanity and acts of genocide, the commission found”
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Wikipedia and other search results confirm the existence of the Civil Commission and its purpose to document war crimes and gender-based violence committed by Hamas.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Civil Commission (formally: The Civil Commission on October 7th Crimes by Hamas Against Women, Children and Families) is an Israeli non-profit organization founded in late 2023. [1][2][3][4][5] It…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Civil_Commission
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web search NEUTRAL — The Civil Commission The Civil Commission on October 7 Crimes Against Women and Children was established to document and raise international awareness of the war crimes and gender-based violence commi…
https://www.civilc.org/
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web search NEUTRAL — The investigation, conducted by the Civil Commission on October 7 Crimes by Hamas against Women and Children, determined in a report that the sexual violence perpetrated by Hamas and other ...
https://www.timesofisrael.com/sexual-violence-was-systematic…
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