The following statement was issued by Hamas political bureau member Dr. Bassem Naim on Dec. 31, 2023, and was published on Resistance News Network:
In response to the misleading report by The New York Times regarding the behavior of Palestinian fighters on October 7:
We regret to say that
They do this every time, it’s always rape. Why? Because it gets results, people obviously react when serious accusations like these are thrown around but in the end it makes it harder for actual victims to get justice. People cry about false allegations from random women but it seems the military is the number one perpetrator of these allegations….
They do this every time, it’s always rape. Why? Because it gets results, people obviously react when serious accusations like these are thrown around but in the end it makes it harder for actual victims to get justice. People cry about false allegations from random women but it seems the military is the number one perpetrator of these allegations….