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Zaka personnel cleaning the remains of blood stains from the October 7 massacre, in Kibbutz Be'eri, near the Israeli-Gaza border, southern Israel, December 19, 2023.

Full extent of Hamas's sex crimes on October 7 may never be known - Telegraph probe

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

People gather and light candles to remember the victims who were murdered by Hamas militants at Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv, October 17, 2023.

Feminist scholars blast ‘abandonment’ of Israeli women by major organizations

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Sima Bahous, Executive Director of UN Women, speaks during the United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine with a focus on women, at the United Nations Headquarters in Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S., April 11, 2022.

UN Women’s late statement on sexual violence by Hamas - not enough

By DEBBIE MOHNBLATT/THE MEDIA LINE

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the media during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023

Netanyahu on Oct. 7 rapes: Was world silent because victims were Jews?

By TOVAH LAZAROFF

Blood in houses when Hamas terrorists infiltrated Kibbutz Be'eri, and 30 other nearby communities in Southern Israel on October 7, killing more than 1400 people, and taking more than 200 hostages into Gaza, near the Israeli-Gaza border.

‘Israeli female soldiers shot in crotch, vagina, breasts on October 7’

By TOVAH LAZAROFF

The Permanent Mission of Israel to the United Nations on Dec. 4 held a special session on sexual violence committed by Hamas during the terror attacks on Oct. 7.

Israeli and Jewish activists take campaign for greater concern about Oct. 7 sex crimes to UN

By Jackie Hajdenberg/JTA

Gal Gadot calls out the global silence on Oct. 7 violence against women

By Walla!

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres exits the press room after speaking at the United Nations prior to a meeting about the ongoing conflict in Gaza, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City, U.S., November 6, 2023

Antonio Guterres: 'Accounts of sexual violence on Oct. 7 must be investigated'

By REUTERS , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Prof. Tamar Herzig

UN, women's orgs. ignore Hamas’s sexual violence against Israeli women

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

People take part in a protest marking International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, after allegations that a lack of prompt action by authorities led to a case of femicide, in Valletta, Malta November 25, 2022.

The argument for retributive justice in cases of femicide in Turkey - study

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

A police motorcycle burns during a protest over the death of Mahsa Amini in Tehran on September 19, 2022.

'Gender apartheid': UN slams Iran modesty laws, one year to Amini's killing

By JOANIE MARGULIES

A social media photo of Sarit Ahmad, who was killed at the age of 18.

Israeli man indicted for hiring hitman to ‘honor kill’ lesbian sister

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

IRANIAN POLICE officers patrol a street amid the revival of the morality police in Tehran, this week.

Repression by the morality police: Iran’s ethnic minority ‘taming’ policy - opinion

By MORDECHAI KEDAR

Women shop at a street in Tehran, Iran, November 29, 2021.

What do MENA Muslims think about the role of women in society? – study

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

An aerial view of the black smoke and flames at a market in Omdurman, Khartoum North, Sudan, May 17, 2023 in this screengrab obtained from a handout video.

'Alarming' rise in rape and abduction from Sudan war - aid agencies

By REUTERS