{"id":95038,"date":"2024-01-31T23:18:44","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T23:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.estaql.com\/womens-genitals-systemically-mutilated-in-hamas-attack-says-israeli-reservist-who-dealt-with-bodies-world-news\/"},"modified":"2024-01-31T23:18:44","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T23:18:44","slug":"womens-genitals-systemically-mutilated-in-hamas-attack-says-israeli-reservist-who-dealt-with-bodies-world-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/womens-genitals-systemically-mutilated-in-hamas-attack-says-israeli-reservist-who-dealt-with-bodies-world-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Women’s genitals ‘systemically mutilated’ in Hamas attack, says Israeli reservist who dealt with bodies | World News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A reservist who dealt with the aftermath of the Hamas terror attack says there was a “systematic genital mutilation” of women as multiple victims were shot in the crotch, breasts and head.<\/p>\n

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Shari Mendes was part of an Israeli army reserve unit whose role was to identify and prepare female soldiers for burial.<\/p>\n

She told Sky News’ The World With Yalda Hakim<\/strong> she was at the Shura base on 8 October, where victims were brought the day after the attack that killed more than 1,200 people.<\/p>\n

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“The halls were lined to the ceiling with body bags, the smell was unimaginable. I can’t tell you the shock and despair that struck all of us,” said Ms Mendes.<\/p>\n

Her unit performed a religious role, “accompanying” the female victims and preparing them for burial in white linen.<\/p>\n

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“It was our job to honour them, they could have been our daughters – they were the same ages as our children… Just for a moment we loved them,” she told Sky News.<\/p>\n

Ms Mendes said women came in barely dressed, some with bloody underwear, and their injuries were something none of her team was prepared for.<\/p>\n

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“Women were shot many times in the face… Their mouths were in grimaces, their eyes were open, their fists were clenched,” she said.<\/p>\n

“They were shot so many times in the head, in many cases it was like there was purposeful obliteration of women’s faces.<\/p>\n

“Our team has seen women shot in the crotch, in the genitals. Women were shot in the breast… Our team saw this.”<\/p>\n

She added: “Women had legs cut off. It seemed like there was a systematic genital mutilation of women in the women we saw.”<\/p>\n

Hamas has denied its fighters raped anyone during the attack, saying it would contradict Islamic teaching, but the UN has begun investigating the claims.<\/p>\n

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Ms Mendes said many victims were so badly damaged that she and her colleagues struggled to dress them for burial in the customary white linen.<\/p>\n

She told Sky News: “One woman had her arm and her leg broken in so many places it was like handling marbles or sand, and at a certain point we said we would just put a white sheet on top of her.”<\/p>\n

Witnesses and others who dealt with the attack, particularly the massacre at the Nova music festival<\/strong>, have also described terrible injuries to women and said rape appeared to have been used as a tactic<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Ms Mendes also said the base had to be evacuated on occasion because some victims arrived “booby trapped”.<\/p>\n

She said other women who may have been subjected to sexual violence during the attack could be staying silent, fearful of not being believed.<\/p>\n

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“If these women are being questioned about the veracity of their claims, why should they come forward?” she said.<\/p>\n

“I think we have to be patient: they’re very traumatised… It may take time for these women to speak out, if they ever do.”<\/p>\n

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