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Israeli report says Hamas used 'systematic, widespread' sexual violence in October 7 attack
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- Family members of a victim of the 2023 October 7 attacks clean and decorate their memorial at the Nova Festival grounds in Reim in southern Israel on October 6, 2025.
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A report released on Tuesday by an independent Israeli investigative commission found that sexual violence was a "central component" of Hamas' October 7, 2023 attack on Israel and of the captivity of the hostages that the militant group took back to Gaza.
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