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ARAB AND WORLD

Thu 04 Jan 2024 7:19 pm - Jerusalem Time

Report: Israeli Police unable to find victims of alleged sex crimes on October 7

An Israeli report reveals that the police face “difficulties” in finding “victims” of alleged sexual assaults. The police also face difficulties in finding eyewitnesses to alleged sexual crimes, in light of their inability to link alleged actions to potential “victims.”


The Israeli police are facing difficulties in finding "victims" of alleged sexual assaults who may have been exposed to them during the "Al-Aqsa Flood" operation carried out by the Al-Qassam Brigades on October 7, according to what the Haaretz newspaper revealed on Thursday.


The newspaper reported that the police are also facing difficulties in finding eyewitnesses to alleged sexual crimes on October 7, explaining that “even in the few cases in which the police collected testimonies about sexual crimes, they failed to link the (alleged) acts to the victims who were harmed.” Of which".


The newspaper pointed out that most of the testimonies covered by the Israeli and foreign media, including a New York Times report about alleged sexual assaults during Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, are based on the testimony of a young Israeli woman (referred to as the letter “S”), an edited video clip of her testimony was shown at the United Nations.


"Haaretz" reported that in light of these difficulties in proving sexual crimes that the Israeli authorities claim were committed by participants in the "Al-Aqsa Flood" attack against Israeli women during the operation, the police decided to go to the public and appeal to "those who have information in this regard to come forward and testify."


The investigator responsible for investigating alleged sexual crimes on October 7, in statements reported by Haaretz, claimed that the police had what she described as “circumstantial indications that there are living victims,” noting that this is what prompted the police to resort to the media in an attempt to search for "victims".


The investigator stated that the allegations mentioned by “S” in her testimony centered on the fact that she was an eyewitness to “the rape and murder of at least two women at the Nova party.” The investigator claimed that “the police carefully examined the details of the testimony and found it to be very reliable,” adding, “However, "Investigators were unable to identify the women who were raped and murdered."


The investigator, whose name is Adi Edri, added, "I have circumstantial evidence, but in the end my duty is to find support for the witnesses' narratives and identify the victims. At this stage, I do not have specific bodies." The officer added, "The police have so far collected a few eyewitness accounts of sexual crimes."


The newspaper stressed that “the investigation into the sexual crimes allegedly committed after the attack also faces difficulties,” in light of what the newspaper had indicated last November regarding “the lack of forensic evidence” proving the alleged “atrocities” on 7 September. October, and investigators were unable to “identify the victims.”


It is noteworthy that the Israeli official level sought to promote the narrative that Al-Qassam members committed “crimes of sexual violence and rape” during the Al-Aqsa Flood operation on October 7, which was adopted by the administration of US President Joe Biden, who claimed that “we have received reports that Hamas used rape to terrorize women during the October 7 attack,” although there is no evidence to support and prove these allegations.



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Report: Israeli Police unable to find victims of alleged sex crimes on October 7

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