A new report by the Civil Commission on October 7th Crimes by Hamas Against Women and Children says Hamas and its collaborators used sexual violence as a “systematic” weapon during the October 7, 2023, invasion and against hostages held in Gaza.

The 302-page report, titled Silenced No More: Sexual Terror Unveiled, is based on a two-year investigation that reviewed more than 10,000 photographs and video segments, more than 1,800 hours of visual material, and over 430 testimonies and interviews with survivors, witnesses, released hostages, experts and family members.

The commission said the evidence showed recurring patterns of rape and gang rape, sexual torture, mutilation, forced nudity, postmortem abuse, public parading of women and children, abuse in front of relatives, threats of forced marriage and sexual violence against men and boys.