Cochav Elkayam-Levy: Hamas weaponized rape and humiliation on Oct. 7 |
Welcome to What Matters Now, a weekly podcast exploring one key issue currently shaping Israel and the Jewish World. This week, host deputy editor Amanda Borschel-Dan speaks with legal expert Dr. Cochav Elkayam-Levy.
Almost immediately following Hamas’s murderous onslaught on southern Israel, humanitarian law expert Elkayam-Levy established and now heads The Civil Commission on Oct. 7th Crimes by Hamas against Women and Children.
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On May 12, the commission released a massive report that documents and chronicles Hamas’s systemic use of rape and sexual violence against women — and men — on October 7, while the hostages were being abducted and during their captivities.
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