Mendes' account is one of seven given to Reuters by first responders or others dealing with the dead that attest to alleged sexual violence.
VICTIMS DEAD, TRAUMATIZEDIn Israeli criminal law, sexual violence includes rape, but also indecent acts, harrassment and sexually demeaning a person – including forced nudity – among other offences.
Some of those purporting to show sexual violence could not be authenticated – one seen by Reuters appeared to date to 2021.
The news agency verified the locations of two other videos that suggest sexual violence, shared on social media within a day of the attack.
Israeli lawyers say its evidentiary requirements on sexual violence are less challenging than Israel's.
Persons:
Ronen, Shari Mendes, Mendes, It's, Deen al, Beeri, Taher al, Nono, Orit Soliciano, Neubach, Shelly Harush, Chen Kugel, Kugel, Dana Pugach, Rabbi Israel Weiss, Nachman Dyksztejn, Rami Shmuel, Shani Louk, Yael Vias Gvirsman, Vias Gvirsman, Geert, Jan Knoops, Israel, Peter Hirschberg, Anthony Deutsch, Stephanie Van Den Berg, Edmund Blair, Sara Ledwith, Daniel Flynn
Organizations:
Nova Festival, REUTERS, Rights, Shura, Reuters, Israel's Association, Association, Authorities, Israel National Center of Forensic Medicine, Ono Academic, Zaka, Police, Criminal Court, ICC, Israel's, Israeli Defence Force, Thomson
Locations:
Gaza, Israel's, Israel, Israeli, The Hague, Tel Aviv, Shura, Amsterdam, London