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☆ Florida prepares for Hurricane Milton and X exposes users to eating disorder content: Morning Rundown
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-08 | by ( Kaylah Jackson | Kaylah Jackson Is A Platforms Editor For Nbc News | Based In Los Angeles. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

And ‘X’ users say eating disorder content flourished on the platform. On Oct. 7, Hamas militants stormed the same base where Lifshitz was previously stationed, killing 15 young women in their assault. Many of the users identified as teen girls and young women, some as young as 13, NBC News found. Three users said that they’ve been exposed to eating disorder posts and communities on X through their algorithm-driven “For You” page, despite not knowingly engaging with such content previously. Despite X’s moderation, at least seven more communities featuring content promoting eating disorders and self-harm were identified.

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TEL AVIV — They were Israel’s eyes on the border with Gaza, but former soldiers from a military observation unit say their warnings about suspicious Hamas activity ahead of the Oct. 7 terror attacks were repeatedly ignored. In the months leading up to Oct. 7, Lifshitz said she started noticing unusual activity. NBC NewsOn the morning of the attacks, Lifshitz was training in Jerusalem. Yerushalmi also alleged that the pattern of suspicious Hamas activity was increasing in the weeks leading up to the attack. Israeli military soldiers in a new surveillance and situation room in Re’im Camp, built after their previous base at Nahal Oz was overrun and destroyed in the Hamas terror attack.

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Editor’s Note: This story contains graphic and disturbing accounts of sexual violence. Then he raped her again, said Raz Cohen, a survivor of Hamas’ murderous rampage in Israel on October 7. Cohen saw another young woman shot in the head as he ran to hide in a bush – the spot where he witnessed the rape, he told CNN. After the rape, Cohen told CNN he saw the group go after another woman and a man. “We’ll never know everything that has happened to them,” Elkayam-Levy told CNN in November.

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☆ UN calls for investigation into reports that Israeli women were raped by Hamas fighters on October 7
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-26 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

UN Women has called for an investigation into reports of violence against Israeli women on October 7. The head of UN Women called for peace and a commitment to both Israeli and Palestinian women. AdvertisementUN Women has called for a "rigorous investigation" into reports of gender-based violence by Hamas against Israeli women on October 7. We remain alarmed by gender-based violence reports on 7 Oct & call for rigorous investigation, prioritizing the rights, needs & safety of those affected. She told the Council that UN Women had met with and heard from Israeli women about their work to document gender-based atrocities and called for peace and a commitment to both Israeli and Palestinian women.

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☆ Israel investigates sexual violence committed by Hamas as part of October 7 horror
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Jake Tapper | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Israeli police are using forensic evidence, video and witness testimony and interrogations of suspects to document cases of rape amid the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel. Women and girls caught in the rampage were brutalized sexually, as well as physically tortured and killed, witnesses to the aftermath say. The aftermath of an unprecedented Hamas assault on communities near Gaza,seen at the Kibbutz in Be'eri, Israel, October 14. Israeli police are working to document cases of rape amid the October 7 Hamas attacks. “It’s much worse than just silence or an insult to us as Israeli women and to our children and to our people,” she said of the UN.

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