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It seems like everyone just accepted the idea that the barbarous hordes from Gaza must obviously be raping any Israeli girl they could get their hands on, repeating those claims as if it were accepted fact. But it never made sense to me- not because such acts are beneath them, but due to the time and logistical constraints they were under during their limited time beyond the Gaza borders. But it seems like everyone, including every media outlet, wouldn't stop adding the accusations of rapes to the list of horrors Israelis faced that day.

That said, I am under no delusion that the hostages, once secured and taken to their base, are not at risk of being sexually assaulted. But nearly every interview I've seen with family members of (female) hostages seems to be highly concerned with rape as a likely outcome as if this is a common practice among Palestinians. I've seen many of them repeating that "Hamas is ISIS" and let their imaginations run wild with the worst possible scenarios.

But based on the hostages who have been released so far, we can at least say they were treated FAR, FAR better than the captives under US detainment in Abu Grahib or Guantanamo Bay.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

The most credible point I've seen is speculation from naked female bodies with bleeding in the crotch. I'm not sure what the providence of those images are but it is at least less "here's where an image of this horrific act would be if INSTAGRAM didn't censor the truth"

And to counter, I've also seen speculation that after Hamas broke through the fence it truly became a prison break and others not part of Hamas that surged forth are the ones committing the excesses of anti colonial violence