Knesset told no indictments yet against Hamas members who raped and murdered on Oct. 7

Sam Sokol is the Times of Israel's political correspondent. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"

Hamas terrorists who were caught during the October 7th massacre and during the IDF operation in the Gaza Strip, seen at a courtyard in a prison in southern Israel, February 14, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
Hamas terrorists who were caught during the October 7th massacre and during the IDF operation in the Gaza Strip, seen at a courtyard in a prison in southern Israel, February 14, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

A representative of the State Attorney’s Office tells members of the Knesset Committee on the Status of Women and Gender Equality that in the year since October 7, no indictments have been brought against members of Hamas’s elite Nukhba force who raped and murdered Israelis.

While investigations are ongoing, including a team dedicated to sexual crimes, “I can’t tell you times and specific dates,” the representative states, drawing consternation from both coalition and opposition lawmakers.

“When a terrorist from Islamic Jihad in March 2024 said that he raped a woman in Nir Oz, there’s no indictment?” asks Likud lawmaker Keti Shitrit. “What else do you need to know to issue an indictment?”

“There are terrorists who admitted” to rape, chimes in committee chairwoman Pnina-Tamano Shata (National Unity), stating that “we want to know about the progress of the investigation. Time is important.”

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