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BREAKING: HAMAS LEADER OFFICIAL STATEMENT ON NYT RAPE Dr Basem Naim; “Most western countries media and press agencies have exceeded the idea of being biased to what the Israeli propaganda says to a new level of spreading lies and slanders against the Palestinians and their resistance. Recent example was a misleading report by NYT over allegations of rape & sexual violence by the Palestinian resistance fighters during the Al-Aqsa Flood operation on Oct 7, titled "Screams Without Words’: How Hamas Weaponized Sexual Violence on Oct. 7." As we said we deny such allegations & it’s an Israeli attempt to demonize & dehumanize the Palestinian people & resistance, and to justify the Israeli army war crimes & crimes of genocide against the Palestinian people. The NYT misleading report is only based on Israeli public servants who only speak in line with Israeli propaganda in their attempt to dehumanize Palestinian people. The report also narrated claims from women who said they heard other women repeating these allegations. The testimonies don't show evidence of 1 Palestinian fighter committing such shameful acts. The NYT allegations contradict the testimonies that Israeli women themselves said of the good treatment they had experienced from the Palestinian fighters on Oct 7. Anyone who is engaged in investigating these claims and allegations can easily watch their videos on social media. They spoke to Israeli media & never mentioned such lies. Also all Israeli female captives who were released from Gaza spoke well of the treatment they received and the fighters keenness to provide for their needs despite the difficult situation in Gaza. It is enough to mention they said they & their captors were eating the same food. Remember the letter written by the Israeli mother to her captors who simply voiced gratitude to them for not making her & her daughter feel in prison. If the Hamas resistance fighters held such ideas of sex violence, they would mistreat those who were in their captivity, but the contrary freedom fighters never commit such allegations as their religion, values and culture forbid such acts. Our resistance members are fighters for freedom and dignity, they would never commit such shameful acts. Our religion, values and culture and societal norms don't accept these acts and even don't tolerate them. We mention that there was not a single "rape case" filed in Palestinian courts in Gaza against any citizen. The Palestinian fighters on Oct 7 were busy in 1 mission which is to defend the Palestinian people and to break unjust siege imposed on Gaza by fighting the Gaza Division of the Israeli army, and successfully performed such mission in a glorious & honourable way. Furthermore, the duration of the Al-Aqsa Flood operation was very short; it was a few hours and most of the fighters had withdrawn from the Israeli sites back to Gaza to take their positions to defend our people and land. Such period could never give time or space to the fighters to think of nothing but their mission which is to crush the enemy's military sites. We expressed our readiness and welcomed any international inquiry to look into any allegations, contrary to the Israeli side who only spread their unproven lies without having any crucial evidence. The NYT report also purposefully failed to mention the Israeli reports that said the Israeli army committed what can be described as crimes by bombing Israelis and Palestinian fighters & killing many of both. The newspaper chose to follow the Israeli propaganda, it failed to bring testimonies of harassment cases against Palestinian female detainees in Israeli jails. The newspaper ignored the call by prominent Israeli rabbis who allowed Israeli soldiers to rape non-Jewish women during times of war, in reference to Palestinian women. Finally, we ask the NYT to revise such misleading report, and to distance itself from the Israeli propaganda and to preserve its professionalism and reputation.”