Sexual violence


'Goal was to crush my dignity': Former hostage Rom Braslavski says PIJ sexually assaulted him

"It was sexual violence, and its main purpose was to humiliate me," Braslavski said. "The goal was to crush my dignity. And that's exactly what he did."

Released Israeli hostage, Rom Braslavski, held in Gaza since the deadly October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas, is reunited with loved ones after being released, as part of a prisoner-hostage swap and a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, in Reim, Israel October 13, 2025.v

Two years since the October 7 massacre and the trauma is far from over - opinion

The calculated sadism inflicted on women and men, soldiers and civilians, young and old, an entire communities was unprecedented. Sexual violence was an intentional component of the enemy strategy.

 Demonstrators hold signs against what they describe as international silence over sexual violence perpetrated against Israeli women during the attack by Hamas on southern Israel on October 7, at a protest in Jerusalem, November 27, 2023.