Independent Israeli report accuses Hamas of 'systematic' sexual violence during October 7 attacks

France24 · 🇫🇷 public France · May 12, 2026 · 331 words · By Video by Noga TARNOPOLSKY

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The stakes turn on whether readers accept that A new independent commission finds Hamas and its allies committed "systematic, widespread" sexual violence during their October 7, 2023 attack on Israel and against hostages they took back t.

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The clearest point to anchor on is this: A new independent commission finds Hamas and its allies committed "systematic, widespread" sexual violence during their October 7, 2023 attack on Israel and against hostages they took back to Gaza.

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Claim 1: “A new independent commission finds Hamas and its allies committed "systematic, widespread" sexual violence during their October 7, 2023 attack on Israel and against hostages they took back to Gaza.”

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Three separate web search results independently report that an independent Israeli commission/report found that Hamas and its allies committed 'systematic, widespread' sexual violence during the October 7 attacks and against hostages in Gaza.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza war is an armed conflict in the Gaza Strip and Israel, fought as part of the unresolved Israeli–Palestinian and Gaza–Israel conflicts. The war began on 7 October 2023, when the Palestinian mi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_war

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The October 7 attacks were a series of coordinated armed incursions from the blockaded Gaza Strip into the Gaza envelope of southern Israel, carried out by Hamas and several other Palestinian militant…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_7_attacks

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza war began on 7 October 2023 when Hamas launched coordinated armed incursions on Israel from the Gaza Strip. However, the Gaza–Israel conflict precedes the 2023 attacks. As of February 25, 202…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Gaza_war

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Claim 2: “the Knesset passed a law establishing a special military tribunal to try Palestinian militants accused of taking part in the October 7 attacks, under which the death penalty could be handed down.”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general Wikipedia entries about Israel, the October 7 attacks, and unrelated political parties or elections. None of the provided search results or Wikipedia snippets mention the passage of a law establishing a special military tribunal for the death penalty regarding October 7 militants.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Legislative elections were held in Israel on 28 January 2003. The result was a resounding victory for Ariel Sharon's Likud. The previous separate election for Prime Minister was scrapped, and the post…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Israeli_legislative_elect…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Democrats (Hebrew: הדמוקרטים, romanized: HaDemokratim) is a social democratic and Zionist political party in Israel, formed by the merger of the centre-left Israeli Labor Party and the left-wing M…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Democrats_(Israel)

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