“We are particularly disturbed by reports that detained Palestinian women and girls were also subjected to multiple forms of sexual violence, such as being stripped naked and searched by male Israeli army officers. At least two Palestinian female detainees were reportedly raped, while others were also allegedly threatened with rape and sexual violence.” This was reported by Ohchr, the United Nations refugee agency, citing “credible allegations of serious human rights violations” made by UN experts were expressed. According to Reem Alsalem, Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 (at the center of heated controversy with Israel) and other experts from the Working Group on Discrimination against Women and Girls There are also “serious concerns about the arbitrary detention of hundreds of Palestinian women and girls in Gaza and the West Bank since October 7th. Many of them were reportedly subjected to inhumane and degrading treatment, deprived of sanitary pads, food and medicine, and severely beaten: At least once, the Ohchr reports on its website, “Palestinian women detained in Gaza were left without food in the rain and cold “We are shocked by reports of deliberate attacks” and extrajudicial killings of Palestinian women and children in places where they sought refuge or while fleeing. “Some of them were reportedly carrying pieces of white cloth when they were killed by the Israeli army or affiliated forces,” the experts said.
