Sexual violence by Israeli prison guards, soldiers, settlers and interrogators against Palestinian detainees is “widespread,” according to a report by The New York Times.
The investigation published Monday is based on testimonies gathered in the occupied West Bank from 14 men and women who said that they had been sexually assaulted by Israeli settlers or members of the security forces.
Israel's Foreign Ministry rejected the Times report, claiming it was part of "a false and well-orchestrated anti-Israel campaign."
Israeli forces have detained thousands of Palestinians in the West Bank since Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, incursion, which triggered Israel's genocidal war on Gaza.
The report by Nicholas Kristof, a columnist at the Times, described "a pattern of widespread Israeli sexual violence against men, women and even children – by soldiers, settlers, interrogators in the Shin Bet internal security agency and, above all, prison guards."
