AP report debunking rape claims a new slap in occupation's face: Hamas
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Hamas has issued a statement condemning the fabricated story accusing the Resistance of sexually assaulting Israeli settlers on October 7, following a report by AP.
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Israeli soldiers inspect the site of the Nova music festival, near the separation line with the Gaza Strip in southern occupied Palestine Oct. 13, 2023 (AP)
The Hamas movement released a statement on Wednesday, affirming that the report conducted by the Associated Press further debunking the fabricated rape allegations raised on October 7, was "a new slap in the face of the promoters of these false allegations, and proves that they were used for the purpose of demonizing the resistance."
The statement further emphasized that the allegations aimed at covering up the humanitarian behavior the Resistance exhibited through the good treatment they offered Israeli captives held in Gaza. Hamas also emphasized that the report, like multiple others that have negated the fabrications, requires the American President and other officials in some European countries to apologize and stop repeating these false accusations against the resistance and the Palestinian people.
The Palestinian Resistance called on Ms. Pramila Patten, the UN Special Envoy for Sexual Violence in Conflict Zones, "to re-evaluate and review her report in which she accused the Palestinian resistance of committing sexual violence, after relying on Zionist narratives that were proven to be baseless."
No signs of sexual assault on Oct. 7: AP
The Associated Press examined the testimonies of two ZAKA volunteers and found that they have been misleading the global public into thinking Hamas sexually assaulted Israelis on October 7.
AP relayed the testimony of Chaim Otmazgin, a ZAKA volunteer who collected bodies after the operation. Otmazgin's testimony relied on an "interpretation of sexual abuse" rather than evidence.
Reportedly, Otmazgin found the body of an Israeli teenager, but her pants were pulled down, and automatically assumed that she was raped. When he told lawmakers and reporters about what he had seen, he asked for their interpretations. However, the volunteer now claims he never said she was sexually assaulted, although AP found that his testimony greatly alluded to that.
Three months after the testimony, ZAKA reported that Otmazgin's interpretation was wrong, and found that a group of Israeli soldiers "had dragged the girl’s body across the room to make sure she was not booby-trapped", which is why her pants were down.
Another testimony came from Yossi Landau, who claimed he saw a pregnant woman whose fetus was still attached to her umbilical cord, but outside her body. Landau reportedly called Otmazgin at the sight, but the latter negated his testimony himself.
According to Otmazgin, what he saw was a heavy woman and an unidentifiable lump that was attached to an electric cord. However, Landau still deliberately told global media what he had falsely seen.
