u/Mikky48

Here is the summary for those who don't want to read:

• Hind Rajab and six family members plus two medics (Gaza City, January 2024): The IDF said a criminal investigation will be opened into their deaths.
• World Central Kitchen convoy deaths (central Gaza, April 2024): The Military Advocate General dismissed the probe after a fact-finding review concluded the commanders’ decisions did not meet the criminal threshold, so the case would be closed.
• Doctors Without Borders (MSF) building strike killing two (Khan Younis, February 2024): The Military Advocate General dismissed the need for a Military Police criminal investigation but ordered consideration of command measures due to identified failures in the attack process.
• MSF convoy passengers killed (Gaza City to Khan Younis, November 2023): The Military Advocate General ruled there was no reasonable suspicion of a criminal offense because the probe found no direct firing at the convoy, so the case was dismissed.
• 15 rescue workers killed in ambulances (Rafah, March 2025): The IDF said a criminal investigation will continue via the Military Police after the incident raised reasonable suspicion.

My opinion:

• I wasn't there, but it seems that the IDF is taking these cases relatively seriously, and there have been some mentions of repercussions or criminal investigations. I believe this is the right thing to do.

The AutoModerator bot asked for common refutations, so I'm going to try ... though I don't know what to say

• That these failures in war time are part of a lack of care of civilian harm by the IDF, such that these incidents can be brushed off as "accidents" rather than a lack of policy to protect civilians
• That the IDF's internal probe is by definition untrustworthy

I recommend reading the full article, Emmanuel Fabian writes very clearly and concisely:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-closes-gaza-probe-of-world-central-kitchen-deaths-inquiry-into-killing-of-hind-rajab-ongoing/

Link to the site, summary and full report.

Brief highlights:

>sexual and gender-based violence was systematic, widespread, and integral to the October 7th attacks and their aftermath

>sexualized torture persisted during captivity in Gaza for prolonged periods

>... case in which family members were coerced into performing sexual acts on one another. Other documented cases include, inter alia, family members being sexually assaulted or humiliated in each other’s presence.

>The investigation identified 13 recurring forms of sexual and gender-based violence across multiple sites.

1. Rape, gang rape, and other forms of sexual assaults;
2. Sexual torture* , including intentional burning and mutilation;
3. Deliberate shootings to the head, face and genital area;
4. Killings and executions following or committed in conjunction with SGBV;
5. Postmortem sexual abuse, humiliation, and desecration of bodies;
6. Forced nudity and exposure;
7. Handcuffing, binding, and restraint of victims;
8. Public displaying and parading of women and children;
9. Abduction of mothers and children;
10. SGBV inflicted in the presence or near vicinity of family members;
11. Filming and digital dissemination of SGBV, including use of social media to document, glorify, and amplify the atrocities;
12. Threats of forced marriage;
13. Rape and other forms of sexual violence against boys and men.

Edit after reading rules 10 & 11:

I explicitly wanted to keep this brief, to avoid it being a stage for my personal opinion and more so a source of information that can be used, not a "gotcha!" or "but what about?". Hence my lack of commentary (also I didn't see another post sharing the report).

I unfortunately can't really cite common refutations, because the only ones I'm aware of are "it's all Hasbara lies" so I asked AI:

* Some accounts of sexual violence were disputed or debunked: link

* Politicization of violence

* Unsubstantiated and/or inconsistent or unreliable reports of sexual violence during the early days of the war: link