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Sandberg: October 7 sexual violence was systematic and pre-planned

Sheryl Sandberg · Sheryl Sandberg, plus open-source AI gene editing explained · May 3, 2024 · at 23:11

Sheryl Sandberg refutes claims denying sexual assault during the October 7 attacks in Israel.

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“The sexual violence was multiple locations, systematic, meets the definition of a war crime, a crime against humanity, and was part of the plan.”

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The claim, plainly

Sheryl Sandberg asserts that the sexual violence during the October 7 attacks occurred across multiple locations, was systematic, met the criteria for war crimes and crimes against humanity, and was pre-planned.

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Assessment

International investigative bodies and legal determinations confirmed major parts of the claim: sexual violence occurred across multiple locations and met the legal threshold for war crimes and crimes against humanity within a widespread and systematic attack (notably affirmed in the ICC Pre-Trial Chamber arrest warrant for Mohammed Deif in November 2024). However, the claim that the sexual violence was 'pre-planned' or executed under official orders was not substantiated; the UN Commission of Inquiry, Human Rights Watch, and Amnesty International explicitly stated they found no credible evidence or orders showing it was pre-planned by Hamas leadership.

UN Special Representative report (March 2024) verified sexual violence occurred across multiple locations including the Nova music festival site, Road 232, and Kibbutz Re'im.
ICC Pre-Trial Chamber I (November 2024) issued an arrest warrant finding reasonable grounds that rape and sexual violence were committed as war crimes and crimes against humanity in a widespread and systematic attack.
UN Commission of Inquiry (June 2024), HRW (July 2024), and Amnesty International (December 2025) found no credible evidence that militants received orders or that sexual violence was pre-planned as policy.

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UN Commission of Inquiry June 2024 report Hamas sexual violence systematic UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry Israel Palestine October 7 sexual violence systematic UN report sexual violence October 7 Pramila Patten systematic war crimes "A/HRC/56/CRP.3" "sexual violence" "patterns" "orders" ICC warrants Hamas October 7 sexual violence war crimes crimes against humanity

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