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Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/08/world/middleeast/hamas-sexual-violence-un-israel.html
UN Experts Say Oct. 7 Assaults on Israelis Could Be Crimes Against Humanity
(New York Times) Talya Minsberg - Violence that included sexual atrocities committed during the Hamas-led attacks on Oct. 7 in Israel amounts to war crimes and may also be crimes against humanity, UN human rights experts Alice Jill Edwards, a special rapporteur on torture, and Morris Tidball-Binz, a special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, said on Monday. They called for "full accountability" for the multitude of crimes. "These acts constitute gross violations of international law, amounting to war crimes which, given the number of victims and the extensive premeditation and planning of the attacks, may also qualify as crimes against humanity. There are no circumstances that justify their perpetration."