09:53
“Rapes and atrocities in Hamas attacks in Israel”
After the Hamas attacks in southern Israel on October 7, 2023, a horrifying picture of sexual violence against women has come to light. The New York Times conducted a two-month investigation and uncovered disturbing details indicating sexual violence and mutilation at several terrorist targets.
One of the victims, Gal Abdush, a mother of two from central Israel, disappeared from a rave that became a massacre site. A viral video captured by a woman searching for her missing friend showed Gal Abdush lying partially clothed on the street with her face burned beyond recognition. Israeli police believe, based on video evidence, that Gal Abdush was raped. Her tragic story has become a symbol of the horrors inflicted on Israeli women during the attacks.
The investigation found at least seven locations where Israeli women and girls appeared to have been sexually assaulted or mutilated. The 150 people interviewed by The New York Times included witnesses, medical personnel, soldiers and rape counselors, providing a comprehensive picture of the widespread gender-based violence of October 7.
07:35
US shoots down Houthi drone and missile in Red Sea
The army of United States announced that it shot down a drone fired by Yemeni rebels and an anti-ship ballistic missile Houthis In the Red Sea in the south as part of attacks on boats in response to the Israeli offensive against the Gaza Strip.
The US Central Command (CentCom) stated that the attack took place between 5:45 p.m. and 6:10 p.m. (local time) and confirmed that there were no injuries or damage to the ships that were in the attacked area. Houthi rebel military spokesman Yahya Sari claimed responsibility for the attack on a merchant ship, the MSC United, “after its crew rejected the call of Yemen's naval forces for the third time” and “issued repeated warnings.” “.
Via his Telegram channel, the spokesman reported that the Houthis had “attacked military targets with sufficient naval missiles” and “several drones” in various “areas of occupied Palestine” and reiterated “continued support for the Palestinian people.” which is the case a “religious, moral and humanitarian duty”.
Sari reiterated that the Houthis will continue to attack Israeli ships “or ships en route to the ports of occupied Palestine” until the importation of food and medicine needed by civilians into the Gaza Strip is permitted, expressing his commitment to continue the rest of the maritime traffic.
Iran-backed rebels, who have controlled Yemen's capital Sanaa and other areas in the north and west of the country since 2015, have launched several attacks against Israel as part of Israel's military offensive against Gaza. As part of their actions in the Red Sea, they captured a ship, the “Galaxy Leader,” and caused damage to at least two ships with their missiles and drones.
The situation has led to various companies, including four of the world's five largest shipping companies, suspending their operations through this sea route important for international trade or rerouting their ships onto much more complicated and longer routes that require circumnavigating sea lanes African continent and circumnavigates the Cape of Good Hope.
07:29
Attack on refugee camp: at least twenty dead
At least 20 people were killed in an Israeli attack on the Nuseirat refugee camp in the center of the Gaza Strip, writes the Palestinian news agency Wafa, citing medical sources, as Al Jazeera reports. Many more people are missing.
07:21
CNN, shocking video from Gaza: “Children and women are held naked in a stadium by the IDF”
Men, as well as women and at least two children, were reportedly arrested and stripped by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) at a stadium in the north Gaza. These are the images shown in a CNN narrated video from the Strip. The US broadcaster says it cannot verify when the footage was taken, but claims to have geolocated it to Yarmouk Stadium in Gaza City, where the NGO Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor said it had received reports of detentions . The NGO says it has received information that the Israeli army is detaining hundreds of Palestinians from the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza City, including dozens of women who were taken to Yarmouk Stadium.
An image of the video shows “two boys, who appear to be stripped down to their underwear, walking and holding both hands in the air as the IDF directs them into the stadium,” the US media said, adding that “In another video, two.” Figures, who appear to be the same unclothed boys, are seen with their hands over their heads while lined up with other men, who appear to be adolescents and adults acts.
In another moment of the video, “women and other children imprisoned” could also be seen: “In one shot, three women are seen sitting on the grass in front of a soccer goal, fully clothed, blindfolded and with their hands tied behind their backs.” of the stadium . “You can see an Israeli flag hanging on the soccer goal,” says CNN, which also says it has contacted the IDF but has received “no response yet.”