The UN concludes that there is "good reason to believe that victims of October 7 were raped, as were some hostages held in Gaza." However, the UN special representative on sexual violence during conflicts, Pramila Patten, specifies that she cannot estimate the number of this violence. This gave rise to a skirmish with Israel's representative to the UN, who denounced a report which arrived " too late ".
But in Israel, this work is still praised by feminist circles. “Thanks to this report, no one will be able to deny that sexual crimes took place,” says Israeli, international jurist, Ruth Halperin Kaddari.