Palestinian women testified that Israeli civilians were invited to watch Palestinian detainees stripped and raped by male and female Israeli soldiers.
The accounts, involving victims from Gaza and the West Bank, were shared at the UN Commission of Inquiry hearing on March 11, 2025.
https://x.com/SuppressedNws/status/1903488465515258088
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Complete video of witness testimony — https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=XwjBbeUapxo&t=1315s
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Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, to hold Public Hearings from 11 to 12 March – Press release 04 March 2025
— to gather testimony from victims of sexual, reproductive and other forms of gender-based violence committed by the Israeli Security Forces and Israeli settlers.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyr154314vo
“Recently, the military prosecution requested to extend the arrest of the five soldiers suspected of gross abuse, and clarified that there is added evidence which strengthens the suspicion against them. In your opinion, if it turns out that there is basis for the suspicion against the suspects, in which way should they be handled?”
Only 21% of Jewish Israelis answered that “they should stand criminal trial”; 14% of Jewish Israelis didn’t know.
It is now clear, that the torture of Palestinians in this network of torture camps is systemic, as also documented by B’tselem in their report “Welcome to Hell: The Israeli Prison System as a Network of Torture Camps.” High brass is involved in this, so the idea that the gang rapists would be disciplined by their own commanders is tantamount to letting them off the hook. Two-thirds of Jewish Israelis are saying that there is simply nothing criminal here — only “bad behavior,” at worst.