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       Friday Briefing: A Pattern of Rape and Torture on Oct. 7

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       By Amelia Nierenberg

       Dec. 28, 2023

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       Eti and Eli Bracha, the parents of an Israeli woman who was sexually assaulted and killed in the Oct. 7 attacks. Credit...Avishag Shaar-Yashuv for The New York Times

       Hamas weaponized sexual violence Israeli officials say that everywhere Hamas terrorists struck on Oct. 7 — a rave, military bases along the Gaza border and kibbutz after kibbutz — they brutalized women.

       A two-month investigation by The Times established that the attacks against women were not isolated events, but part of a broader pattern of gender-based violence. For months, Israeli activists have been outraged that the U.N. secretary general, António Guterres, and the agency U.N. Women did not acknowledge the many accusations until weeks after the attacks.

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       Amelia Nierenberg writes the Asia Pacific Morning Briefing for The Times. More about Amelia Nierenberg

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