Israeli police having difficulty finding sexual assault victims from 7 October attack: Report
Israeli police are having difficulty locating the victims of sexual assault or witnesses to such acts which allegedly occurred during the 7 October attacks on Israel by Hamas and other armed Palestinian groups, according to a report by Haaretz.
The report, published on Haaretz's Hebrew site, said that police are also unable to link the existing evidence with the victims described in it.
Adi Edri, who is in charge of investigating the alleged sexual crimes that occurred during the attack, told Haaretz police have "circumstantial indications" there are victims who are still alive that they have yet to make contact with.
The police are now appealing to the Israeli public to come forward with any evidence they may have of sexual-based violence conducted by Hamas and other groups from Gaza.
The announcement from the police comes a week after The New York Times published a lengthy investigative report detailing a pattern of sexual assault and rape allegedly committed by Palestinian fighters after they launched an attack on southern Israel on 7 October.