2023-12-05 21:58:16
Joe Biden calls to “unambiguously condemn sexual violence” perpetrated by Hamas
During a meeting to raise funds for his campaign in Boston, Joe Biden called for “unambiguously and forcefully condemn the sexual violence of Hamas terrorists”. « Hamas terrorists inflicted the greatest suffering on women and girls” during the attack on October 7, the American president said, adding: “The world cannot look away. »
Matthew Miller, State Department spokesperson, said Monday that the renewal of the truce in Gaza failed because Hamas, suspected of rape against female hostages and sexual violence during its assault at the start of October, does not want them to bear witness to it. “It seems that one of the reasons why they don’t want to release women that they are holding hostage and why this break has been shattered is that they don’t want these women to tell what they are told. arrived during their detention »did he declare.
Israel had stopped its offensive in Gaza as part of an agreement negotiated under the aegis of Qatar and the United States providing for the release of hostages kidnapped by Hamas during its attack on Israeli soil on October 7. Israeli authorities said Friday they were resuming their military offensive because Hamas had not released all the female hostages.
In Israel, lawyers and activists denounce the silence of international organizations defending women’s rights on accusations of rape by Hamas fighters. In addition to the murder of 1,200 people, most of them civilians, committed according to Israel during this attack, the police are investigating sexual violence, including gang rape and mutilation of corpses. Immediately after October 7, Israeli lawyers communicated information to UN Women and the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (Cedaw), but the responses were derisory or late, they say. they.
Hamas has “rejected” these accusations by saying that it is about ” lies “.
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