On 7 October 2023, the al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian nationalist and Islamist political organization Hamas, initiated a sudden attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip. As part
A Hamas militant fires into a bomb shelter
A Hamas militant snatching a festivalgoer during the massacre
Eran Litman, the father of Oriya Litman who was killed by Hamas at Re'im music festival massacre, speaks at an event in Haifa
The tunnel in Gaza where the bodies of six hostages were found [he] by Israeli forces on August 31, 2024. Five of the six hostages were kidnapped from the Nova Music Festival.
During the October 7 attacks, Israeli women, girls and men were reportedly subjected to sexual violence, including rape and sexual assault, by Hamas or other Gazan militants. The militants involved in
Nova music festival massacre
…festival during the Jewish holiday of Shemini Atzeret near kibbutz Re'im. Hamas also took 44 people hostage, and men and women were reportedly subject to sexual and gender-based violence. Some 20 of the attackers were also killed by Israeli security forces in the area of the festival. This attack had the largest number of casualties out…
Israeli protestor holding sign alluding to sexual assault of hostages in front of US Embassy in Tel Aviv in March 2024
Graffiti in Tel Aviv protesting the global women's organizations' perceived inaction and dismissal of the evidence of sexual violence in the context of the 7 October attacks