On Monday 4 December, US official Matthew Miller, spokesperson for the State Department, spoke to the national press about the truce in Gaza, which was not renewed. According to him, this diplomatic failure would be partly linked to the desire to hide the sexual violence possibly inflicted on the hostages: “It seems that one of the reasons why they don’t want to release the women they hold hostage and why this break was stopped is because they don’t want these women to tell what they are told.
The spokesperson remained evasive, insisting on the sensitive nature of the issue. However, he said the United States does not “no reason to doubt” information regarding sexual violence attributed to Hamas. And to add: “There is very little that I think Hamas is not capable of when it comes to the treatment of civilians and particularly the treatment of women. “.
A damaged truce
Israel had halted its offensive in Gaza as part of a deal negotiated under the auspices of Qatar and the United States that called for the release of the kidnapped hostages on October 7. Israeli authorities said on Friday they would resume their military offensive because Hamas had not released all the female hostages.
As told Publication, “As of Thursday morning, 19 civilians, including a minor, and five female soldiers were still held captive in Gaza. Most of them are under 30.”
Israeli police said they were investigating possible sexual violence committed on October 7 by Hamas fighters, including gang rapes and mutilations of corpses. Israeli investigators say they have so far collected “more than 1,500 shocking testimonies”. However, “ the vast majority of victims of the rapes and other sexual assaults of October 7 were murdered and will never be able to testify.”Cochav Elkayam Levy, president of the parliamentary commission on crimes committed against women on 7 October, specified last November.
Accusations that Hamas has described as ” lies “ For“demonize the Palestinian resistance” in a press release published Monday 4 December on Telegram.
The UN Women organization reported this to AFP “aware of concerns” to Israel and said she met with Israeli women’s organizations “listen to their horrible stories about what happened on October 7” and the “help as much as possible to report gender-based atrocities, including sexual violence”.
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