A leading American publication has faced scrutiny for publishing unverified sexual violence allegations against Israeli women during the Hamas-led 7 October attack ,prompting the outlet to row back on its own story.
The New York Times published a lengthy investigation in December which detailed multiple accounts of sexual violence allegedly committed by Hamas fighters, including rape and mutilation gathered from interviews with witnesses, relatives of the victims, emergency workers and officials.
However, one allegation detailing the sexual assault of two teenagers at Kibbutz Be’eri, based on testimony from an unnamed Israeli military paramedic, has since been debunked as false following the release of a new video by the Israeli military.
In an article published on Monday titled ‘Israeli Soldier’s Video Undercuts Medic’s Account of Sexual Assault’, the incident is debunked by the video’s footage and members of the kibbutz who said that the video proves a sexual assault against the young women did not take place…..more
