“I saw a number of first-hand, eyewitness accounts, for example of one survivor who hid in the bushes and saw a woman next to her being raped by several men,” Prof Halperin-Kaddari told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.
“I saw footage and pictures from numerous locations of bodies whose condition were all exhibiting the same pattern of mutilation and leaving no doubt that rape was performed on these women before they were executed,” she said.
Prof Halperin-Kaddari added that the the concentration of cases, all in one day but in several locations left her in “no doubt” that there was a “premeditation to use sexual violence as a weapon of war.”
In a post on the messaging app Telegram, it said that such claims were “lies” by Israel that sought to distort the “humane” way Hamas has treated Israeli hostages.
An ongoing UN commission of inquiry investigating alleged war crimes on both sides of the Israel-Hamas conflict will include a focus on sexual violence carried out during the attacks on 7 October.
Ms Pillay also rejected claims that the UN delayed acknowledging that sexual violence had taken place during Hamas’s attacks and said “every effort” was being made as part of her team’s investigations.
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“I saw a number of first-hand, eyewitness accounts, for example of one survivor who hid in the bushes and saw a woman next to her being raped by several men,” Prof Halperin-Kaddari told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.
“I saw footage and pictures from numerous locations of bodies whose condition were all exhibiting the same pattern of mutilation and leaving no doubt that rape was performed on these women before they were executed,” she said.
Prof Halperin-Kaddari added that the the concentration of cases, all in one day but in several locations left her in “no doubt” that there was a “premeditation to use sexual violence as a weapon of war.”
In a post on the messaging app Telegram, it said that such claims were “lies” by Israel that sought to distort the “humane” way Hamas has treated Israeli hostages.
An ongoing UN commission of inquiry investigating alleged war crimes on both sides of the Israel-Hamas conflict will include a focus on sexual violence carried out during the attacks on 7 October.
Ms Pillay also rejected claims that the UN delayed acknowledging that sexual violence had taken place during Hamas’s attacks and said “every effort” was being made as part of her team’s investigations.
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