An Israeli non-profit has published a 300-page report alleging that Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups used sexual violence systematically during the October 7, 2023 attacks and in captivity afterward. The supplied reports say the study was released on May 12, 2026, and that its authors drew on hundreds of interviews, photographs and videos to build a record they say is more comprehensive than previous efforts.
The Civil Commission on October 7 Crimes by Hamas Against Women and Children said its findings documented rape, sexual assault and sexual torture intended to maximize pain and psychological devastation. BBC said the report draws on 430 filmed interviews, more than 10,000 photographs and videos, and official records from attack sites. ABC Australia described the same work as a 300-page report from an Israeli non-profit alleging that sexual violence was used deliberately and systematically.
The report's claims are serious and extensive, but they are still claims made by investigators rather than verdicts from a court. That distinction matters. The Civil Commission said its archive was being preserved for future prosecution, and it stressed that it had not relied on Israeli interrogations of detained suspects in order to protect the independence of the work. The report also says its material is meant to become part of the historical record.
The supplied reports include disturbing testimony from survivors and witnesses. One former hostage, Amit Soussana, described being beaten and forced into a sexual act in captivity. The report also says that two minors from the same family were forced to perform sexual acts on one another while being held hostage. A male survivor, referred to as D, described being physically assaulted, humiliated and sexually abused. Another witness, Darin Komarov, gave an account of hearing a rape during the Nova festival attack.
The report sits inside a larger battle over documentation. The BBC notes that some initial claims after October 7 later proved false and that some forensic evidence was lost because first responders rushed the scenes. The Commission said it therefore cross-checked evidence carefully. That caution does not diminish the seriousness of the allegations; it does explain why the authors emphasize methodology so heavily.
What is verified here is the existence of the report, the scale of the evidence base and the nature of the allegations it makes. The report says Hamas committed crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocidal acts through sexual and gender-based violence. The same reporting also notes that Hamas has denied such abuses. Because the subject is both legally and morally explosive, the cleanest way to present it is to report what the investigators say they found, while making clear that the findings are being used to support possible future prosecutions rather than concluding the legal case itself.
The report is likely to shape the historical record even if it does not settle every legal question on its own. Its value, according to the supplied reporting, lies in combining survivor testimony, visual material and witness accounts into a structured archive rather than relying on a single episode or unverified rumor. That makes it both a documentary project and a legal one. For now, the verified point is narrower: an Israeli commission has published a major allegation of systematic sexual violence, and it has done so with the explicit aim of preserving evidence for future use.
