we still taking israeli government for their word?
Some people who are trying to act like people calling out their lies are defending rape, weirdly are ignoring there's as much evidence that Israeli forces raped Palestinians.
So who exactly here is defending rape?
FYI, the claims being made by Israel now are based on the same bullshit that the NYTimes article is. Its the exact same sources, and we know those groups have already lied repeatedly and have yet to actually corroborate any of the claims (and the witnesses have often changed their stories, where it went from they saw a stabbing to having witnessed multiple gang rapes, then when pushed on it say they won't even talk about it any more - likely because they know the more they talk the more it just shows how full of shit they actually are). Its just that Israeli officials are repeating the bullshit that these spokespeople for aid organizations or other groups, that have repeatedly been caught in lies about everything from the beheaded babies to babies in ovens, and I forget what all claims they've made that even Israeli journalists have found to not be supported by any evidence.
Notice that the UN is saying there's witnesses claiming this (which is exactly the same bullshit in the NYTimes piece) and saying there needs to be an investigation? Meaning they haven't actually investigated the claims (but others have been, including Israel itself - which simultaneously claims they have mountains of evidence to reveal at any moment to they can't actually corroborate any of the claims with actual evidence). And then added the "it may be ongoing" part, which is exactly what Israeli government is spewing now.
This is just the latest bullshit, with Israel using the claims that there's "ongoing rape" of the people kidnapped to justify their actions to try to dismiss criticism of their genocide, war crimes, and other atrocities. Because when they can't answer for how people that supposedly were trampled in a rush for food had bullet holes, they just scream rape. Just like they did before, and just like they did with all the bullshit claims made about the babies that were constantly found to be lies. Notice how they perpetually have no actual evidence.
This is at least the 3rd time Israel has pushed this rape narrative. They tried early on but most gave a free pass because of the chaos. Then they tried again in December (where they used Jewish women to try to shame womens rights organizations for not blindly supporting Israel's bullshit), and now again. They have no more evidence now than they did in the initial ones. In fact, it seems even more incredulous since investigations into the claims have occurred and they have not been able to substantiate the claims in any meaningful capacity.