Euro-Med Monitor: Harrowing Testimonies Reveal Sexual Violence by Israeli Soldiers at Kamal Adwan Hospital
Gaza (Quds News Network)- Ramy Abdu, Chairman of the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor, stated that they have obtained “harrowing testimonies of sexual violence” committed by Israeli occupation soldiers against nurses, patients, and their companions following Friday’s Israeli raid on Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza.
The testimonies included horrific details of degrading assaults, where soldiers forced women to strip under threats and humiliation at the Kamal Adwan Hospital and in front of al-Farid Hall.
One testimony mentioned that a soldier forced a nurse to remove her pants and groped her. When she tried to stop him, he slapped her forcefully across the face, causing her nose to bleed.
Another testimony stated that the soldiers threatened the women, saying, “Take it off, or we will strip you by force.”
When one woman refused to remove her hijab, a soldier assaulted her by tearing her abaya, exposing part of her body.
One of the victims described being dragged by a soldier across his chest as he told her, “Take it off now,” while using obscene language.
Other young women suffered similar assaults, as soldiers grabbed their heads, tore at their hair violently near one of the hospital halls, and used degrading gestures and words.
حصلنا على شهادات أولية مروعة حول العنف الجنسي الذي ارتكبه جنود الاحتلال الإسرائيلي بحق ممرضات ومريضات ومرافقاتهن في مستشفى كمال عدوان، وأمام صالة الفريد.
تضمنت الشهادات تفاصيل مروعة عن اعتداءات مهينة، حيث أجبر الجنود النساء على خلع ملابسهن تحت التهديد والإهانة.
إحدى الشهادات… pic.twitter.com/2kxVP5mQe5
— Ramy Abdu| رامي عبده (@RamAbdu) December 27, 2024
On Friday morning, Israeli occupation forces stormed Kamal Adwan Hospital, forcing patients, the wounded, and medical staff to leave, arresting others, including the hospital director, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, and torching large sections.
