• Looming mountain@lemmygrad.ml
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    9 months ago

    The Israeli authorities didn't let the researchers talk to any of the alleged victims personally so, yeah, there's that.

    Israeli state: "These people have been raped and coerced by Hamas!" Investigators: "can we talk to them directly?" Israeli stats: "no."

      • Looming mountain@lemmygrad.ml
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        9 months ago

        I'll look for it. I saw it in a newsarticle from my country's region, which is pro-western, anti-israel.in theory but sending weapons nonetheless in practice kind of country.

        https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2024/03/05/israel-gaza-hamas-seksueel-geweld-vrouw-vn-rapport/

        Ok so this is the full link (in Dutch).

        Show and here's a screenshot.

        The last sentence of this screenshot literally translates to: researchers spoke to Israeli institutions but were not able to speak to victims directly.