Israel vs Hamas | UN Secretary-General Leaves Hamas Off Sexual Violence Blacklist | N18V

Israel has accused UN Secretary‑General Antonio Guterres of standing 'shoulder to shoulder with the rapists and murderers of Hamas' for declining to include the terror group in a report on organizations suspected by the UN of committing acts of sexual violence during conflict. The report, titled 'Conflict‑related sexual violence', noted evidence that sex crimes were committed during Hamas’s devastating October 7 attack on Israel, but did not specifically attribute responsibility to Hamas. Israel also accused Guterres of ignoring testimony and evidence collected and included in the report of the Special Representative of the Secretary‑General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Pramila Patten. Patten’s report, after her visit to Israel, found that rape likely occurred during the Hamas attacks and said there was convincing evidence that hostages were facing sexual abuse in Gaza.