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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Chris Stevenson

Biden calls on world to forcefully condemn rape of women during Hamas attack

Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters

Joe Biden has called on the world to condemn the rape and mutilation of women and girls by Hamas during its deadly attack inside Israel on 7 October.

Speaking at a campaign fundraiser in Boston, the US president said female survivors and witnesses to the attacks have shared "horrific accounts of unimaginable cruelty" during the Hamas attack, that killed 1,200 people and saw 240 others taken into Gaza as hostages.

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