The correctness of the right states sexual violence against the Palestinians of Israel forces used as “war method”

“Israel has increasingly employed sexual, reproductive and other forms of gender-based violence against Palestinians as part of a broader effort to order their right to self-determination,” Chris Sidoti from Inquiry for testing in the occupied Palestinian territory (Opt).

‘EVERYTHING’

Speaking in Geneva, the Human Rights Advocate, “Frequency, Prevalence and Gender Crimes begin in accordance with the Commission to conclude that sexual and gender-based violence increases, dominate, oppressing and destroying Palestinian people.”

Established the Council in May 2021. year, the Commission has a mandate for research and reporting on the alleged violations of the international law in OPT, including East Jerusalem – and Israel.

Terrorist attacks in Israel

Previous Reports Detailed terrorist attacks on Israeli villages and cities 7. and 8. October by Palestinian armed fighters of Hamas who killed about 1,250 people and left more than 250 taken in Gaza.

The release of the Commission report followed by public hearings in Geneva from 11. to 12. March, with victims and witnesses of sexual and reproductive violence and medical staff who helped them, as well as civil society representatives, academics, lawyers and medical experts.

Mr. Sidoti said that the Commission took several requests to Israeli authorities for information on specific, serious cases of sexual and gender-based violence against Palestin prisoners from Gaza.

But no information on the processing of members of the Israeli security forces or Israeli immigrants for sexual and violence committed from 20. October, told reporters.

Explicit orders and ‘implicit encouragement’

In the Commission’s statement, the Commission reported that “forcibly public removal and nudity, sexual harassment, including the threats of rape, as well as sexual assault” were “standard operating procedures” from the Israeli security for Palestinians.

“Other forms of sexual and gender-based violence, including rape and violence in genitals, were committed under explicit orders or with implicit encouraging Israeli’s high civilian and military leadership,” the report held. ”

“We heard the evidence – you would hear him watching our hearings during the last two days – where the men and guys were forced to be taken completely, and then stored in that state, often to sit on the stones in the field in the cold winter to three days.”

Embryos destroyed

The Commission also claimed that the Israeli forces have systematically destroyed sexual and reproductive health facilities throughout Gaza, including the largest Gaza the largest fertility clinic, Al Basma Center, in December 2023. years.

The shelling of the tanks destroyed about 4,000 embryos at the clinic that allegedly helped 2,000-3,000 patients per month.

“There is a question of whether those who shot the tank shell – because it was our conclusion that it was destroyed by the tank shell,” he was a fertility clinic, “said it was a fertility clinic,” said Mr. Sidota.

“But certainly, their commanders knew the commanders would know that there were tanks working within that proximity and shooting on buildings and shot at a health facility that was clearly marked.”

The Commission’s Report is that the amounts of destruction “two categories of genocide acts and the Convention on Genocide, including the deliberate living conditions for achieving the physical destruction of Palestinians and the imposition of measures intended to prevent birth.”

The Chief of Commission, Navi Pillay, said the targeting of reproductive health institutions, including “direct attacks” on maternity departments and IVF clinics “, in combination with the use of starvation, affected all aspects of reproduction.”

She added that violations “did not cause only serious physical and mental harm and suffering from women and girls, but by irreversible long-term effects on mental health and reproductive and fertility prospects of Palestinians as a group.”

Provides Israeli ‘categorically rejects

In the public statement, the Israeli mission in Geneva said their government “categorically rejects unfounded allegations” made in the Commission’s report.

Israel accused COI instrumentalizing sexual violence “to improve their predetermined and biased political agenda, asking an important work of international institutions to combat these ghonderous works as weapons of war.”